diff --git a/build_inplace b/build_inplace
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 06748a0..0b7b999
--- a/build_inplace
+++ b/build_inplace
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-python setup.py build_ext --inplace
-python setup.py clean
+python setup.py build_ext --inplace "$@"