diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1aaf59c6765446226bd247bb02966a4993720fd6..0d333f684c33d9f4916cefd3730b9ad482ee9489 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 a.out
 html
 latex
-*.o
\ No newline at end of file
+*.o
+build
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b2992bcd27b4b8d4665b1604502a5317cf460693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+CC = clang++
+LD = clang++
+CPPFLAGS = -std=c++17 -I./osx/include/ -I./osx/include/SDL2/  -I./include
+CFLAGS = -I./osx/include/ -I./osx/include/SDL2/  -I./include
+LDFLAGS = -L./osx/lib/ -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -lfreetype -lpng -lwebp -ltiff -ljpeg -lbz2 -lz -framework OpenGL
+
+ROOTDIR = ./
+
+LIBDIR=S(ROOTDIR)/osx/lib
+
+CP = cp
+ECHO = echo
+
+BUILD_DIR = build
+
+C_SOURCES = src/SDL_FontCache.c
+CPP_SOURCES = src/app.cpp src.cpp/context.cpp
+
+OBJECTS = $(addprefix $(BUILD_DIR)/,$(notdir $(CPP_SOURCES:.cpp=.o)))
+vpath %.cpp $(sort $(dir $(CPP_SOURCES)))
+vpath %.cpp examples
+
+OBJECTS += $(addprefix $(BUILD_DIR)/,$(notdir $(C_SOURCES:.c=.o)))
+vpath %.c $(sort $(dir $(C_SOURCES)))
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/%.o: %.cpp Makefile | $(BUILD_DIR)
+	$(ECHO) compiling $<
+	$(CC) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/%.o: %.c Makefile | $(BUILD_DIR)
+	$(ECHO) compiling $<
+	clang -c $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+all: $(BUILD_DIR)/splat $(BUILD_DIR)/shapes
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/splat: $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/splat.o Makefile
+	$(ECHO) linking $<
+	$(CC) -L./osx/lib/ -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -lfreetype -lpng -lwebp -ltiff -ljpeg -lbz2 -lz -framework OpenGL -o $@ $(OBJECTS) build/splat.o
+	# $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/splat.o
+	$(ECHO) success
+
+$(BUILD_DIR)/shapes: $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/shapes.o Makefile
+	$(ECHO) linking $<
+	$(CC) -L./osx/lib/ -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -lfreetype -lpng -lwebp -ltiff -ljpeg -lbz2 -lz -framework OpenGL -o $@ $(OBJECTS) build/shapes.o
+	# $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/splat.o
+	$(ECHO) success
+
+#######################################
+# clean up
+#######################################
+clean:
+	-rm -fR .dep $(BUILD_DIR)
+
+#######################################
+# dependencies
+#######################################
+-include $(shell mkdir .dep 2>/dev/null) $(wildcard .dep/*)
+
+
+.PHONY: clean all
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c079fbb7d3d3fc59f2320628cf38db89df783994..eeb1c4c82b99d93a80ccaf21dcde91b45ad60d03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 # OSX
 
+To build the examples simple run:
+
+```
+make
+```
+
+Then you can run:
+
+```
+build/shapes
+```
+
+```
+build/splat
+```
+
 clang++ -std=c++17 -L./osx/lib/ -lSDL2 -lSDL2_ttf -lSDL2_image -lfreetype -lpng -lwebp -ltiff -ljpeg -lbz2 -lz -I./osx/include/ -I./osx/include/SDL2/ -I./include ./SDL_FontCache.o src/context.cpp src/app.cpp examples/splat.cpp -framework OpenGL
 
 We need to build font cache
diff --git a/examples/shapes.cpp b/examples/shapes.cpp
index 62a0e338d7dcac82956d9e201a6c08b296d83a95..6462cd3e2bb99a19677405ef6c3287c1a40676fb 100644
--- a/examples/shapes.cpp
+++ b/examples/shapes.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ void MyApp::draw() {
     int height;
     get_image_size(some_text_, &width, &height);
     draw_image(some_text_, uwe::make_rect(0,0, width, height), uwe::make_rect(150,30, width, height) );
-
-    
 }
 
 uwe::Image MyApp::render_text(std::string msg) {