diff --git a/gulpfile.cjs b/gulpfile.cjs
index 695602f..047c9b9 100644
--- a/gulpfile.cjs
+++ b/gulpfile.cjs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const ts = require("gulp-typescript");
 const swc = require("gulp-swc");
 const tsProject = ts.createProject("tsconfig.json");
 const argv = require("yargs").argv;
+const rimraf = require("rimraf");
 
 const swcOptions = {
   jsc: {
@@ -33,6 +34,11 @@ const swcOptions = {
   minify: false,
 };
 
+// Clean task to delete the dist directory
+gulp.task("clean", () => {
+  return rimraf.rimraf("dist");
+});
+
 // Task to compile TypeScript files using SWC
 gulp.task("scripts", () => {
   if (argv.swc) {
@@ -70,4 +76,7 @@ gulp.task("copy-assets", () => {
 });
 
 // Default task to run all tasks
-gulp.task("default", gulp.series("scripts", "copy-html", "copy-assets"));
+gulp.task(
+  "default",
+  gulp.series("clean", gulp.parallel("scripts", "copy-html", "copy-assets"))
+);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0c96608..f19c609 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     "express": "^4.19.2",
     "gulp-swc": "^2.2.0",
     "node-fetch": "^3.3.2",
+    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
     "ts-to-jsdoc": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {