diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 567609b..0187b3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build/
+*~
diff --git a/chapters/1/exercises/24.c~ b/chapters/1/exercises/24.c~
deleted file mode 100644
index 09732d3..0000000
--- a/chapters/1/exercises/24.c~
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include "shared/functions.h"
-#include "shared/functions/synthaxcheck.c"
-
-int main() {
-  char errors[6][30] = {
-    "none",
-    "unmatched round bracket",
-    "unmatched curly bracket",
-    "unmatched single quote",
-    "unmatched double quote",
-    "unmatched square bracket"
-  };
-  int result;
-  if ((result = synthaxcheck()) == 0) {
-    printf("No synthax errors found!\n");
-    return 0;
-  } else {
-    printf("Sythax error found at line %i column %i\nReason: %s\n", unmline, unmcol, errors[result]);
-    return result;
-  }
-}//)