diff --git a/generate_mp3.sh b/generate_mp3.sh
index 927d351..461959f 100644
--- a/generate_mp3.sh
+++ b/generate_mp3.sh
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ category_order=("date" "time")
 txt_dir="/data/scripts/.text"
 mp3_dir="/data/scripts/.mp3"
 
+# remove old files
+rm -f "$txt_dir"/*complete.txt
+
 # Function to create MP3 files
 create_mp3_files() {
-  rm -f "$txt_dir"/*complete.txt
 
   for file in "$txt_dir"/*.txt; do
     text=$(cat "$file") # Read the content of the file
@@ -31,12 +33,12 @@ create_mp3_files() {
     if [[ $file == *de.txt ]]; then
       # If it's a German file, create a German MP3
       /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/gtts-cli -l de "$text" --output "$mp3_dir/$base_filename.mp3"
-      echo "$text" > "$txt_dir/de_complete.txt"
+      echo "$text" >> "$txt_dir/de_complete.txt"
       echo "German MP3 file created: $base_filename.mp3"
     elif [[ $file != *de.txt ]]; then
       # If it's a Spanish file, create a Spanish MP3 in slow mode
       /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/gtts-cli -l es -s "$text" --output "$mp3_dir/$base_filename.mp3"
-      echo "$text" > "$txt_dir/es_complete.txt"
+      echo "$text" >> "$txt_dir/es_complete.txt"
       echo "Spanish MP3 file created: $base_filename.mp3"
     else
       echo "File $file was not processed"