diff --git a/bin/now-deploy.js b/bin/now-deploy.js
index feb4a57..86f3d3b 100755
--- a/bin/now-deploy.js
+++ b/bin/now-deploy.js
@@ -229,8 +229,12 @@ async function sync(token) {
     }
 
     if (repo) {
+      // Tell now which directory to deploy
       path = repo.path
-      gitHubRepo = true
+
+      // Set global variable for deleting tmp dir later
+      // once the deployment has finished
+      gitHubRepo = repo
     } else if (isRepoPath(rawPath)) {
       stopDeployment(`This path neither exists, nor is there a repository named "${rawPath}" on GitHub`)
     } else {
@@ -529,7 +533,8 @@ function printLogs(host) {
     }
 
     if (gitHubRepo) {
-      fs.removeSync(path)
+      // Delete temporary directory that contains repository
+      gitHubRepo.cleanup()
 
       if (debug) {
         console.log(`> [debug] Removed temporary repo directory`)
diff --git a/lib/github.js b/lib/github.js
index 780c0a6..c8db1fb 100644
--- a/lib/github.js
+++ b/lib/github.js
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ const downloadRepo = async repoPath => {
   const url = `https://api.github.com/repos/${repoPath}/tarball`
 
   const tmpDir = await tmp.dir({
-    keep: true
+    // We'll remove it manually once deployment is done
+    keep: true,
+    // Recursively remove directory when calling respective method
+    unsafeCleanup: true
   })
 
   await download(url, tmpDir.path, {