diff --git a/pages/api/board/[name].js b/pages/api/board/[name].js
index 91dc92cb0..7f59168f3 100644
--- a/pages/api/board/[name].js
+++ b/pages/api/board/[name].js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {GenerateSVG} from "./svg/[file]";
+import {gerberToSvg} from "./svg/[board_url]";
 
 export const FetchProject = async (name) => {
     const readme = await fetch(`https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hackclub/OnBoard/main/projects/${name}/README.md`)
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const FetchProject = async (name) => {
     /*const thumbnail = await fetch(`https://github.com/snoglobe/OnBoard/raw/main/projects/${name}/thumbnail.png`, {mode: 'no-cors'})*/
     /*console.log(thumbnail)*/
     const image = /*thumbnail.ok ? `https://github.com/snoglobe/OnBoard/raw/main/projects/${name}/thumbnail.png`
-        :*/ `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${btoa((await GenerateSVG(`https://github.com/snoglobe/OnBoard/raw/main/projects/${name}/gerber.zip`)).top)}`
+        :*/ `data:image/svg+xml;base64,${btoa((await gerberToSvg(`https://github.com/snoglobe/OnBoard/raw/main/projects/${name}/gerber.zip`)).top)}`
     console.log("done")
     return({
         project_name: name ?? null,
diff --git a/pages/api/board/svg/[board_url]/index.js b/pages/api/board/svg/[board_url]/index.js
index 1ea837f45..657326fda 100644
--- a/pages/api/board/svg/[board_url]/index.js
+++ b/pages/api/board/svg/[board_url]/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ export const gerberToSvg = async (gerberURL) => {
   const zip = new JSZip();
 
   const zippedData = await new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
-    zip.loadAsync(data).then(resolve)
+    zip.loadAsync(data).then(resolve, (e) => {
+      console.error(e)
+      resolve({
+        files: {} // TODO: actually handle this error (bad or nonexistent gerber.zip)
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   const allowedExtensions = [
@@ -49,6 +54,11 @@ export const gerberToSvg = async (gerberURL) => {
   const plotResult = plot(readResult)
   const renderLayersResult = renderLayers(plotResult)
   const renderBoardResult = renderBoard(renderLayersResult)
+  for (const file of files) {
+    if(fs.existsSync(file)) {
+      fs.unlinkSync(file)
+    }
+  }
   return {
     top: stringifySvg(renderBoardResult.top),
     bottom: stringifySvg(renderBoardResult.bottom),
@@ -63,12 +73,12 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
   }
   // ensure valid file url is included
   const url = new URL(decodeURI(file))
-  const svg = await GenerateSVG(url)
-  if (format == 'top') {
+  const svg = await gerberToSvg(url)
+  if (format === 'top') {
     res.contentType('image/svg');
     return res.status(200).send(svg.top)
   }
-  if (format == 'json') return res.status(200).json(svg)
+  if (format === 'json') return res.status(200).json(svg)
 
   return res.status(200).json(svg)
 }