diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d302600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+all: lib
+
+queue:
+	gcc -fPIC -c MpscQueue.C -o queue.o
+
+scheduler:
+	gcc -fPIC -c scheduler.C -o scheduler.o
+
+reconverse:
+	gcc -fPIC -c reconverse.C -o reconverse.o -lpthread
+
+lib: queue scheduler reconverse
+	gcc -shared -o libreconverse.so reconverse.o scheduler.o queue.o
+
+clean:
+	rm *.o *.so
diff --git a/examples/startup/Makefile b/examples/startup/Makefile
index e1d2b54..a91dbac 100644
--- a/examples/startup/Makefile
+++ b/examples/startup/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+.PHONY: clean
 
+startup: startup.C
+	gcc startup.C -o startup -I../.. -L../.. -lreconverse -Wl,-rpath,../..
 
-startup: startup.C ../../main.C
-	gcc ../../main.C startup.C -o startup -lpthread -I ../..
-
-clean: rm -rf startup
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+clean: 
+	rm -rf startup
diff --git a/main.C b/reconverse.C
similarity index 100%
rename from main.C
rename to reconverse.C