diff --git a/html-gen.sh b/html-gen.sh
index b1f0e41..73c712f 100644
--- a/html-gen.sh
+++ b/html-gen.sh
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ for f in $deleted_files; do
 done
 
 if [ $modification -gt 0 ]; then
+  temp=`mktemp fugitiveXXXXXX`
   echo -n "[fugitive] Generating $public_dir/archives.html... "
   cat "$templates_dir/archives.html" | \
     replace_includes | \
@@ -371,7 +372,8 @@ if [ $modification -gt 0 ]; then
     replace_str "page_title" "archives" | \
     replace_str "blog_url" "$blog_url" | \
     replace_commit_info "-1" | \
-    sed "/^[[:space:]]*$/d" > "$public_dir/archives.html"
+    sed "/^[[:space:]]*$/d" > "$temp"
+  cp "$temp" "$public_dir/archives.html"
   echo "done."
   echo -n "[fugitive] Generating $public_dir/feed.xml... "
   last_5_articles=`mktemp fugitiveXXXXXX`
@@ -385,9 +387,10 @@ if [ $modification -gt 0 ]; then
     replace_str "page_title" "feed" | \
     replace_str "blog_url" "$blog_url" | \
     replace_commit_info "-1" | \
-    sed "/^[[:space:]]*$/d" > "$public_dir/feed.xml"
+    sed "/^[[:space:]]*$/d" > "$temp"
+  cp "$temp" "$public_dir/feed.xml"
   echo "done."
-  rm "$last_5_articles" "$last_5_commits"
+  rm "$last_5_articles" "$last_5_commits" "$temp"
   echo -n "[fugitive] Using last published article as index page... "
   cp "$public_dir/`head -1 $articles_sorted`.html" "$public_dir/index.html"
   echo "done".