diff --git a/build/build-latex-smart.sh b/build/build-latex-smart.sh
index aaf9f79..983bd1f 100755
--- a/build/build-latex-smart.sh
+++ b/build/build-latex-smart.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ FILE="$1"
 # append .tex file extension, iff not already passed
 [[ "$FILE" != *.tex ]] && FILE="${FILE}.tex"
 
+# remove the .tex extension from the file name to get the base name
+BASE="${FILE%.tex}"
+
 # Check that the file exists
 if [[ ! -f "$FILE" ]]; then
     echo -e "${BOLD}${RED}Error${RESET}${RED}: File '$FILE' not found.${RESET}"
@@ -28,8 +31,24 @@ fi
 # Detect active \usepackage{fontspec} (ignore commented lines)
 if grep -Eq '^[^%]*\\usepackage\{fontspec\}' "$FILE"; then
     echo -e "${BLUE}Detected fontspec → Using XeLaTeX${RESET}"
-    xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
+    LATEX_CMD=(xelatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE")
 else
     echo -e "${BLUE}No active fontspec → Using pdfLaTeX${RESET}"
-    pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE"
+    LATEX_CMD=(pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error "$FILE")
 fi
+
+"${LATEX_CMD[@]}"
+
+rm -f \
+    "${BASE}.aux" \
+    "${BASE}.bbl" \
+    "${BASE}.bcf" \
+    "${BASE}.blg" \
+    "${BASE}.fdb_latexmk" \
+    "${BASE}.fls" \
+    "${BASE}.log" \
+    "${BASE}.out" \
+    "${BASE}.run.xml" \
+    "${BASE}.synctex.gz" \
+    "${BASE}.toc" \
+    "${BASE}.xdv"