diff --git a/lib/vaporware/compiler/generator.rb b/lib/vaporware/compiler/generator.rb
index 525dd2a..2fd562a 100644
--- a/lib/vaporware/compiler/generator.rb
+++ b/lib/vaporware/compiler/generator.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def call_compiler(output: precompile, compiler: "gcc", compiler_options: ["-O0"]
         compile_commands = [compiler, *compiler_options, "-o", name, output].compact
         IO.popen(compile_commands).close
 
-        puts File.read(output) if debug
+        File.delete(output) unless debug
         nil
       end