diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index ab79652..d6c252c 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         {
             "label": "clean",
             "type": "shell",
-            "command": "latexmk -C"
+            "command": "latexmk -C; if [ -f chapter/out.tex ]; then rm chapter/out.tex; fi"
         },
         {
             "label": "pandoc",