diff --git a/ch12/binary_name_rotation.sh b/ch12/binary_name_rotation.sh
index 52d41fc..e3872ca 100644
--- a/ch12/binary_name_rotation.sh
+++ b/ch12/binary_name_rotation.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ BIN_FILE="${RANDOM_BIN_NAMES[${RANDOMIZE}]}"
 FULL_BIN_PATH="${WORK_DIR}/${BIN_FILE}"
 
 self_removal(){
-  shred -u -- "$(basename $0)" && rm -- "${FULL_BIN_PATH}"
+  shred -u -- "$(basename $0)" && rm -f -- "${FULL_BIN_PATH}"
 }
 
 if command -v curl 1> /dev/null; then