diff --git a/gj_common/.gitignore b/gj_common/.gitignore
index eb7e2521..9f5a14da 100644
--- a/gj_common/.gitignore
+++ b/gj_common/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-a.out
-a.out*
+test
+test.dSYM
diff --git a/gj_common/Makefile b/gj_common/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7f8cdc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gj_common/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CC=clang
+
+test: gitjournal.c test.c
+	$(CC) -o test -g test.c gitjournal.c -lgit2
diff --git a/gj_common/make.sh b/gj_common/make.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 38133112..00000000
--- a/gj_common/make.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euv
-
-clang -g test.c gitjournal.c -lgit2