diff --git a/hakit/config.json b/hakit/config.json
index 1147064..166effe 100644
--- a/hakit/config.json
+++ b/hakit/config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "Hakit",
-  "version": "1.0.30",
+  "version": "1.0.31",
   "slug": "hakit",
   "init": false,
   "ingress": true,
diff --git a/hakit/server/routes/remove-build.ts b/hakit/server/routes/remove-build.ts
index fece413..c91acea 100644
--- a/hakit/server/routes/remove-build.ts
+++ b/hakit/server/routes/remove-build.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 import { Request, Response } from 'express';
 import { join } from 'path';
-import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { rm } from 'fs/promises'
 import { APP_DIRECTORY } from '../constants.js';
 import { translateError } from '../helpers/index.js';
 
+export async function removeBuildDirectory() {
+  // remove the directory .next
+  const buildDir = join(APP_DIRECTORY, 'app', '.next');
+  await rm(buildDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  console.log('.next directory removed successfully');
+}
+
 
 export async function removeBuild(_req: Request, res: Response) {
-  const buildDir = join(APP_DIRECTORY, 'app', '.next');
-  const nextJsBuilt = existsSync(buildDir);
-  if (nextJsBuilt) {
-    // remove the directory .next
-    try {
-      await rm(buildDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-      console.log('.next directory removed successfully');
-      return res.status(200).send('Directory removed successfully');
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error removing build directory:', translateError(error));
-      return res.status(500).send('Error removing build directory');
-    }
+  try {
+    await removeBuildDirectory();
+    console.log('.next directory removed successfully');
+    return res.status(200).send('Directory removed successfully');
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error removing build directory:', translateError(error));
+    return res.status(500).send('Error removing build directory');
   }
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hakit/server/routes/run-application.ts b/hakit/server/routes/run-application.ts
index 87a1296..a76a889 100644
--- a/hakit/server/routes/run-application.ts
+++ b/hakit/server/routes/run-application.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { APP_DIRECTORY, DEFAULT_HTML_FILE } from '../constants.js';
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { translateError } from '../helpers/index.js';
 import { getAddonInfo } from '../helpers/get-addon-info.js';
+import { removeBuildDirectory } from './remove-build.js';
 
 let isAppRunning = false;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ export async function runApplication(app: Express) {
     } catch (error) {
       isAppRunning = false;
       console.error('Error starting Next.js server:', error);
+      await removeBuildDirectory();
       throw error;
     }
   }
@@ -46,7 +48,6 @@ export async function runApplication(app: Express) {
     // Start the Next.js server if the application is available
     try {
       await startApp();
-  
     } catch (error) {
       console.error('Error starting Next.js server:', translateError(error));
       throw error;