diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e058d00..ebc3ca4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.exe
 **/.DS_Store
 bin/
+melody-allocator
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8054e0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+EXEC = "melody-allocator"
+
+$(EXEC):
+	gcc -o ./$(EXEC) -O2 ./main.c
+
+install: $(EXEC)
+	cp $(EXEC) /usr/local/bin/
+	chmod +x /usr/local/bin/$(EXEC)
+
+clean:
+	rm ./$(EXEC)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f235539..69e6af0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ OPTIONS
 
 ## how to compile
 
-- get a c compiler (i use gcc or clang)
-- `gcc -o ./allocatememory -O2 ./main.c`
-- ???
-- profit
+- `make`
+- (optional) `sudo make install`
+- yeag
 
 ## why