diff --git a/md2parallel.sh b/md2parallel.sh
index 071be60..534e419 100755
--- a/md2parallel.sh
+++ b/md2parallel.sh
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ $SED_CMD 's@</h2>@}@'   ${BASENAME}.html
 $SED_CMD "s@’@'@g" ${BASENAME}.html
 mv ${BASENAME}.html ${BASENAME}.tex
 cat ${BASENAME}.tex && rm ${BASENAME}.tex
+if [[ -f ${BASENAME}.html\'\' ]] ; then rm ${BASENAME}.html\'\' ; fi