diff --git a/game/src/backend/gamestate.rs b/game/src/backend/gamestate.rs
index 60ea773..addbb79 100644
--- a/game/src/backend/gamestate.rs
+++ b/game/src/backend/gamestate.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,21 @@ impl GameState {
             _ => {}
         }
     }
+    /// Deletes all files in the directory saves, returns Ok if saves directory does not exist
+    pub(crate) fn delete_saves() -> RLResult {
+        info!("deleting saves");
+        let existing_files = fs::read_dir("./saves");
+        if existing_files.is_err() {
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+        for entry in existing_files? {
+            let file = entry?;
+            if file.metadata()?.is_file() {
+                fs::remove_file(file.path())?;
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
 impl Screen for GameState {
@@ -326,4 +341,8 @@ mod test {
         GameState::default().save(true).unwrap();
         let _gamestate_loaded = GameState::load(true).unwrap();
     }
+    #[test]
+    fn test_delete_saves() {
+        GameState::delete_saves().unwrap();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/game/src/main_menu/mainmenu.rs b/game/src/main_menu/mainmenu.rs
index b668b31..296d37b 100644
--- a/game/src/main_menu/mainmenu.rs
+++ b/game/src/main_menu/mainmenu.rs
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ impl Screen for MainMenu {
             match msg {
                 Exit => std::process::exit(0),
                 NewGame => {
-                    fs::remove_file("./saves/autosave.yaml");
-                    fs::remove_file("./saves/milestone.yaml");
+                    GameState::delete_saves()?;
                     self.screen_sender
                         .send(StackCommand::Push(Box::new(GameState::new(ctx)?)))?;
                 }