diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4eadde9..1f2c8b9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ $(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/script/builtin.c: scripts/*.te
 	@mkdir -p "$(@D)"
 	@mkdir -p "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts"
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	@py ts-minifier.py -d "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts" $(wildcard scripts/*.te)
+	@py ts-minifier.py --such-meme -d "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts" $(wildcard scripts/*.te)
 	@py te2c.py "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/script/builtin" "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts"
 else
-	@python3 ts-minifier.py -d "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts" $(wildcard scripts/*.te)
+	@python3 ts-minifier.py --such-meme -d "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts" $(wildcard scripts/*.te)
 	@python3 te2c.py "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/script/builtin" "$(BUILDDIR)/$(TARGET)/scripts"
 endif
diff --git a/ts-minifier.py b/ts-minifier.py
index 47da25d..d58f04e 100644
--- a/ts-minifier.py
+++ b/ts-minifier.py
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                                 "and attempt to generate shorter names for reused variables \ndefault: false")
     argparser.add_argument("-v", action="store_true", default=False,
                            help="prints even more information to the console than usual")
+    argparser.add_argument("--such-meme", action="store_true", default=False,
+                           help="replaces destination file if it already exists \ndefault: false")
 
     args = argparser.parse_args()
     files = args.source
@@ -448,7 +450,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             logging.info("Stripping whitespace (pass 2)")
             r = whitespacent(r)
         file = path.splitext(path.basename(file))[0]
-        if path.exists(path.join(dest, f"{file}.te")):
+        if path.exists(path.join(dest, f"{file}.te")) and not args.such_meme:
             f = open(path.join(dest, f"{file}_min.te"), 'w')
         else:
             f = open(path.join(dest, f"{file}.te"), 'w')