diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f9669e8..882f35d 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ var (
 	mirror     = flag.String("mirror", "https://dist.torproject.org/torbrowser/", "Mirror to use")
 	solidarity = flag.Bool("onion", false, "Serve an onion site which shows some I2P propaganda")
 	torrent    = flag.Bool("torrent", tbget.TorrentReady(), "Create a torrent of the downloaded files and seed it over I2P using an Open Tracker")
+	destruct   = flag.Bool("destruct", false, "Destructively delete the working directory when finished")
 	/*ptop     = flag.Bool("p2p", false, "Use bittorrent over I2P to download the initial copy of Tor Browser")*/
 )
 
@@ -121,6 +122,9 @@ func main() {
 	if *snowflake {
 		go Snowflake()
 	}
+	if *destruct {
+		defer OverwriteDirectoryContents(*directory)
+	}
 	tbget.WORKING_DIR = *directory
 	if filename == "i2pbrowser" {
 		log.Println("Starting I2P in Tor Browser")
diff --git a/rmdir.go b/rmdir.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2984453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rmdir.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+)
+
+func OverwriteDirectoryContents(directory string) {
+	//walk the contents of directory recursively
+	//and zero-out the files to the length of the file
+	filepath.Walk(directory, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		go func() {
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("Error:", err)
+			}
+			if info.IsDir() {
+				log.Println("Error:", err)
+			}
+			file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR, 0)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println("Error:", err)
+			}
+			defer file.Close()
+			bytes := info.Size()
+			file.Truncate(0)
+			file.Write(make([]byte, bytes))
+			log.Println("Error:", err)
+		}()
+		return nil
+	})
+}