diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e33fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+REPO=$(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
+REPO_GOPATH=$(REPO)/go
+MINIFY=$(REPO_GOPATH)/bin/minify
+JS=$(REPO)/contrib/static/nntpchan.js
+CONTRIB_JS=$(REPO)/contrib/js/contrib
+LOCAL_JS=$(REPO)/contrib/js/nntpchan
+VENDOR_JS=$(REPO)/contrib/js/vendor
+SRND_DIR=$(REPO)/contrib/backends/srndv2
+SRND=$(REPO)/srndv2
+
+all: build
+
+build: js srnd
+
+js: $(JS)
+
+srnd: $(SRND)
+
+$(MINIFY):
+	GOPATH=$(REPO_GOPATH) go get -v github.com/tdewolff/minify/cmd/minify
+
+js-deps: $(MINIFY)
+
+$(JS): js-deps
+	for f in $(CONTRIB_JS)/*.js ; do $(MINIFY) --mime=text/javascript >> $(JS) < $$f ; done
+	$(MINIFY) --mime=text/javascript >> $(JS) < $(REPO)/contrib/js/entry.js
+	for f in $(LOCAL_JS)/*.js ; do $(MINIFY) --mime=text/javascript >> $(JS) < $$f ; done
+	for f in $(VENDOR_JS)/*.js ; do $(MINIFY) --mime=text/javascript >> $(JS) < $$f ; done
+
+
+$(SRND):
+	make -C $(SRND_DIR)
+	cp $(SRND_DIR)/srndv2 $(SRND)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(SRND) $(JS)
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -rf $(REPO_GOPATH)
diff --git a/build-js.sh b/build-js.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 53b042f..0000000
--- a/build-js.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-neochan="no"
-if [ "$1" == "--enable-neochan" ] ; then
-    neochan="yes"
-fi
-
-root=$(readlink -e "$(dirname "$0")")
-set -e
-if [ "x" == "x$root" ] ; then
-    root=$PWD/${0##*}
-fi
-cd "$root"
-
-if [ -z "$GOPATH" ]; then
-	export GOPATH=$root/go
-	mkdir -p "$GOPATH"
-fi
-
-if [ ! -f "$GOPATH/bin/minify" ]; then
-  echo "set up minifiy"
-	go get -v github.com/tdewolff/minify/cmd/minify
-fi
-
-outfile="$PWD/contrib/static/nntpchan.js"
-neochan_js_outfile="$PWD/contrib/static/neochan.js"
-neochan_css_outfile="$PWD/contrib/static/neochan.css"
-
-mini() {
-    echo "minify $1"
-    echo "" >> $2
-    echo "/* begin $1 */" >> $2
-    "$GOPATH/bin/minify" --mime=text/javascript >> $2 < $1
-    echo "" >>  $2
-    echo "/* end $1 */" >> $2
-}
-
-css() {
-    echo "minify $1"
-    echo "" >> $2
-    echo "/* begin $1 */" >> $2
-    lessc $1 >> $2 
-    echo "" >>  $2
-    echo "/* end $1 */" >> $2
-}
-
-initfile() {
-    
-    rm -f "$1"
-
-    echo '/*' >> "$1"
-    echo ' * For source code and license information please check https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan' >> "$1"
-    brandingfile=./contrib/branding.txt
-    if [ -e "$brandingfile" ] ; then
-        echo ' *' >> "$1"
-        while read line; do
-            echo -n ' * ' >> "$1";
-            echo $line >> "$1";
-        done < $brandingfile;
-    fi
-    echo ' */' >> "$1"
-}
-echo
-echo "building nntpchan.js ..."
-echo
-initfile "$outfile"
-
-
-for f in ./contrib/js/contrib/*.js ; do
-    mini "$f" "$outfile"
-done
-
-mini ./contrib/js/entry.js "$outfile"
-
-# local js
-for f in ./contrib/js/nntpchan/*.js ; do
-  mini "$f" "$outfile"
-done
-
-# vendor js
-for f in ./contrib/js/vendor/*.js ; do
-  mini "$f" "$outfile"
-done
-
-if [ "$neochan" == "yes" ] ; then
-    set +e
-    for exe in lessc coffee ; do
-        which $exe &> /dev/null
-        if [ "$?" != "0" ] ; then
-            echo "$exe not installed";
-            exit 1
-        fi
-    done
-    
-    echo
-    echo "building neochan.js ..."
-    echo
-    
-    initfile "$neochan_js_outfile"
-    for f in ./contrib/js/neochan/*.coffee ; do
-        echo "compile $f"
-        coffee -cs < "$f" > "$f.js"
-    done
-    for f in ./contrib/js/neochan/*.js ; do
-        mini "$f" "$neochan_js_outfile"
-    done
-
-    echo
-    echo "building neochan.css ..."
-    echo
-    initfile "$neochan_css_outfile"
-    for f in ./contrib/js/neochan/*.less ; do
-        css "$f" "$neochan_css_outfile"
-    done
-
-fi
-echo
-echo "ok"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0e2b624..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-root=$(readlink -e "$(dirname "$0")")
-set -e
-if [ "" == "$root" ] ; then
-    root=$PWD/${0##*}
-fi
-cd "$root"
-
-tags=""
-
-help_text="usage: $0 [--disable-neochan] [--enable-redis]"
-
-# check for help flags first
-for arg in "$@" ; do
-    case $arg in
-        -h|--help)
-            echo "$help_text"
-            exit 0
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-rev="QmPAqM7anxdr1ngPmJz9J9AAxDLinDz2Eh9aAzLF9T7LNa"
-ipfs="no"
-rebuildjs="yes"
-_next=""
-unstable="no"
-neochan="no"
-buildredis="no"
-lua="no"
-# check for build flags
-for arg in "$@" ; do
-    case $arg in
-        "--enable-lua")
-            lua="yes"
-            ;;
-        "--enable-redis")
-            buildredis="yes"
-            ;;
-        "--enable-neochan")
-            neochan="yes"
-            ;;
-        "--unstable")
-            unstable="yes"
-            ;;
-        "--no-js")
-            rebuildjs="no"
-            ;;
-        "--ipfs")
-            ipfs="yes"
-            ;;
-        "--revision")
-            _next="rev"
-            ;;
-        "--revision=*")
-            rev=$(echo "$arg" | cut -d'=' -f2)
-            ;;
-        *)
-            if [ "x$_next" == "xrev" ] ; then
-                rev="$arg"
-            fi
-    esac
-done
-
-if [ "$buildredis" == "yes" ] ; then
-    tags="$tags -tags disable_redis"
-fi
-
-if [ "$lua" == "yes" ] ; then
-    tags="$tags -tags lua"
-fi
-
-if [ "$rev" == "" ] ; then
-    echo "revision not specified"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-cd "$root"
-if [ "$rebuildjs" == "yes" ] ; then
-    echo "rebuilding generated js..."
-    if [ "$neochan" == "no" ] ; then
-        ./build-js.sh --disable-neochan
-    else
-        ./build-js.sh
-    fi
-fi
-
-unset GOPATH
-export GOPATH=$PWD/go
-mkdir -p "$GOPATH"
-
-if [ "$ipfs" == "yes" ] ; then
-    if [ ! -e "$GOPATH/bin/gx" ] ; then
-        echo "obtaining gx"
-        go get -u -v github.com/whyrusleeping/gx
-    fi
-    if [ ! -e "$GOPATH/bin/gx-go" ] ; then
-        echo "obtaining gx-go"
-        go get -u -v github.com/whyrusleeping/gx-go
-    fi
-    echo "building stable revision, this will take a bit. to speed this part up install and run ipfs locally"
-    mkdir -p "$GOPATH/src/gx/ipfs"
-    cd "$GOPATH/src/gx/ipfs"
-    "$GOPATH/bin/gx" get "$rev"
-    cd "$rev/srndv2"
-    echo "build..."
-    go build -v .
-    cp srndv2 "$root"
-    echo -e "Built\n"
-    echo "Now configure NNTPChan with ./srndv2 setup"
-else
-    echo "building the daemon..."
-    echo
-    make -C contrib/backends/srndv2
-    cp contrib/backends/srndv2/srndv2 .
-    echo "built"
-    echo "now configure NNTPChan with ./srndv2 setup"
-fi