diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
index 618118d..d4083f5 100755
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ from html import escape as hescape
 import pymupdf
 import numpy as np
 
-from .shared import getImageFileName, walkSort, walkLevel, sanitizeTrace, subprocess_run
+from .shared import getImageFileName, walkSort, walkLevel, sanitizeTrace, subprocess_run, dot_clean
 from .comicarchive import SEVENZIP, available_archive_tools
 from . import comic2panel
 from . import image
@@ -1041,13 +1041,6 @@ def sanitizePermissions(filetree):
     dot_clean(filetree)
 
 
-def dot_clean(filetree):
-    for root, _, files in os.walk(filetree, topdown=False):
-        for name in files:
-            if name.startswith('._'):
-                os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
-
-
 def chunk_directory(path):
     level = -1
     for root, _, files in os.walk(os.path.join(path, 'OEBPS', 'Images')):
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2panel.py b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2panel.py
index ba24fe6..8aa7be6 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/comic2panel.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/comic2panel.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from shutil import rmtree, copytree, move
 from multiprocessing import Pool
 from PIL import Image, ImageChops, ImageOps, ImageDraw
-from .shared import getImageFileName, walkLevel, walkSort, sanitizeTrace
+from .shared import dot_clean, getImageFileName, walkLevel, walkSort, sanitizeTrace
 
 
 def mergeDirectoryTick(output):
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def mergeDirectory(work):
         imagesValid = []
         sizes = []
         targetHeight = 0
+        dot_clean(directory)
         for root, _, files in walkLevel(directory, 0):
             for name in files:
                 if getImageFileName(name) is not None:
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ def main(argv=None, qtgui=None):
                         raise RuntimeError("One of workers crashed. Cause: " + mergeWorkerOutput[0][0],
                                            mergeWorkerOutput[0][1])
                 print("Splitting images...")
+                dot_clean(targetDir)
                 for root, _, files in os.walk(targetDir, False):
                     for name in files:
                         if getImageFileName(name) is not None:
diff --git a/kindlecomicconverter/shared.py b/kindlecomicconverter/shared.py
index 7bb2ae5..4ef73cd 100644
--- a/kindlecomicconverter/shared.py
+++ b/kindlecomicconverter/shared.py
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ class HTMLStripper(HTMLParser):
         pass
 
 
+def dot_clean(filetree):
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(filetree, topdown=False):
+        for name in files:
+            if name.startswith('._') or name == '.DS_Store':
+                if os.path.exists(os.path.join(root, name)):
+                    os.remove(os.path.join(root, name))
+
+
 def getImageFileName(imgfile):
     name, ext = os.path.splitext(imgfile)
     ext = ext.lower()