diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5562c1f..533ef08 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
           
           <button class="button-style2" id="btnInitInpaint">Init inpaint
             Mask</button>
-          <button class="button-style2" id="btnInitOutpaint">Init Outpaint
+          <button  button class="button-style2" id="btnInitOutpaint">Init Outpaint
             Mask</button>
 
         </div>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a44c8dd..9fd604d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ document
   .getElementById('btnInitOutpaint')
   .addEventListener('click', async () => {
     // clear the layers related to the last mask operation.
-    g_last_outpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayersOutpaint(g_last_outpaint_layers)
+    g_last_outpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayers(g_last_outpaint_layers)
     // create new layers related to the current mask operation.
     g_last_outpaint_layers = await outpaint.outpaintFasterExe(random_session_id)
     console.log ("outpaint.outpaintFasterExe(random_session_id):, g_last_outpaint_layers: ",g_last_outpaint_layers)
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ document
   .getElementById('btnInitInpaint')
   .addEventListener('click', async () => {
     // delete the layers of the previous mask operation
-    g_last_inpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayersInpaint(g_last_inpaint_layers)
+    g_last_inpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayers(g_last_inpaint_layers)
     // store the layer of the current mask operation
     g_last_inpaint_layers =  await outpaint.inpaintFasterExe(random_session_id)
     
@@ -413,14 +413,14 @@ document.getElementById('btnCleanLayers').addEventListener('click', async () =>
 
   if (g_last_outpaint_layers.length == 5){
     console.log("g_last_outpaint_layers has 5 layers")
-    g_last_outpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayersOutpaint(g_last_outpaint_layers)
+    g_last_outpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayers(g_last_outpaint_layers)
 
   }else{
     console.log("g_last_outpaint_layers.length =! 5 layers")
     g_last_outpaint_layers = []
   }
   if (g_last_inpaint_layers.length == 4){
-    g_last_inpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayersInpaint(g_last_inpaint_layers)
+    g_last_inpaint_layers = await psapi.cleanLayers(g_last_inpaint_layers)
 
   }else{
     g_last_inpaint_layers = []
diff --git a/psapi.js b/psapi.js
index bd5beb1..dbcaaa6 100644
--- a/psapi.js
+++ b/psapi.js
@@ -634,31 +634,48 @@ async function cleanSnapAndFill(layers){
 return []
 }
 
-async function cleanLayersOutpaint(layers){
-  //delete group mask layer
-  //delete mask layer 
-  //delete group init image layer 
-  //delete init image layer (snapshot layer)
-  //delete fill layer 
-
+async function cleanLayers(layers){
+  console.log("cleanLayers() -> layers:",layers)
   for (layer of layers){
-    await executeAsModal(async ()=>{await layer.delete()})
+    try {
+      await executeAsModal(async ()=>{await layer.delete()})}
+      catch(e){
+        console.warn("warning attempting to a delete layer: ",e)  
+        continue;
+      }
   }
-  
-return []
+  return []
 }
-async function cleanLayersInpaint(layers){
-  //delete group mask layer
-  //delete white mask layer
-  //delete the black fill layer  
-  //delete init image layer (snapshot layer)
 
-  for (layer of layers){
-    await executeAsModal(async ()=>{await layer.delete()})
-  }
+// async function cleanLayersOutpaint(layers){
+//   //delete group mask layer
+//   //delete mask layer 
+//   //delete group init image layer 
+//   //delete init image layer (snapshot layer)
+//   //delete fill layer 
+
+//   for (layer of layers){
+//     try {
+//       await executeAsModal(async ()=>{await layer.delete()})}
+//       catch(e){
+//         console.warn("warning attempting to a delete layer: ",e)
+//       }
+//   }
   
-return []
-}
+// return []
+// }
+// async function cleanLayersInpaint(layers){
+//   //delete group mask layer
+//   //delete white mask layer
+//   //delete the black fill layer  
+//   //delete init image layer (snapshot layer)
+
+//   for (layer of layers){
+//     await executeAsModal(async ()=>{await layer.delete()})
+//   }
+  
+// return []
+// }
 
 module.exports = {
   createSolidLayer,
@@ -684,7 +701,8 @@ module.exports = {
   exportPng,
   layerToFileName,
   layerNameToFileName,
-  cleanLayersOutpaint,
-  cleanLayersInpaint,
-  cleanSnapAndFill
+  // cleanLayersOutpaint,
+  // cleanLayersInpaint,
+  cleanSnapAndFill,
+  cleanLayers
 }