diff --git a/.local/bin/scripts/clean b/.local/bin/scripts/clean
index 9f17152..7d1df84 100755
--- a/.local/bin/scripts/clean
+++ b/.local/bin/scripts/clean
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ for f in ${_clean_folders[@]}
 do "$local" >/dev/null 2>&1 && f="$(echo "$f" | sed "s|$HOME|$($loc)|")"
 	test -f $f || test -d $f && echo $f && rm -rf $i $f
 done
-find "$dir" -maxdepth 2 -not -name ".stfolder" -empty -exec rm -vd {} +
+find "$dir" -maxdepth 2 -not -name ".stfolder" -empty -printf "Removing empty %p\n" -delete
 
 highlight "e to recursively remove empty folders and files"
-[[ $1 =~ "e" ]] && find -empty -type d -exec rm -vd {} +
+[[ $1 =~ "e" ]] && find -empty -not -name ".stfolder" -empty -printf "Removing empty %p\n" -delete
 
 for k in "${!_clean_map[@]}"; do
 	folder="${_clean_map[$k]}"
diff --git a/.local/bin/scripts/rd b/.local/bin/scripts/rd
index bc55e3e..a0cba94 100755
--- a/.local/bin/scripts/rd
+++ b/.local/bin/scripts/rd
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ do
 				read answer
 				test "$answer" = "y" &&
 					$elevate rm -rf "$f"
-			else find "$f" -maxdepth 4 -empty -printf "Removing empty %p\n" -delete
+			else find "$f" -maxdepth 4 -not -name ".stfolder" -empty -printf "Removing empty %p\n" -delete
 				test -e "$f" &&
 					echo -n "$f ($(ls -A $f | head -3 | paste -s -d' ')) " >&2 &&
 					$elevate rm -rI "$f"