diff --git a/make-example-zips.sh b/make-example-zips.sh
index d9a6ec6b..8d6b1f24 100644
--- a/make-example-zips.sh
+++ b/make-example-zips.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 rm -rf ./**/__pycache__
 
 # Compress all the example directories in .zip files to be uploaded for a release
+rm -rf ./dist
 mkdir ./dist
 for f in example-flask* ; do
   if [[ -d $f ]] ; then