diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d31abfd9..c7291401 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ node_modules
 pnpm-global
 TODOs.md
 .temp
+*.tgz
diff --git a/src/node/build/build.ts b/src/node/build/build.ts
index 1a318a18..eafbdd1b 100644
--- a/src/node/build/build.ts
+++ b/src/node/build/build.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ export async function build(
       pageToHashMap
     )
   } finally {
-    fs.rmSync(siteConfig.tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    // TODO: keeping this for debugging, uncomment it before merging
+    // fs.rmSync(siteConfig.tempDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
   }
 
   console.log(`build complete in ${((Date.now() - start) / 1000).toFixed(2)}s.`)