diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36f971e..f7cde8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 bin/*
+manning.jar
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 78caedb..953b436 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 all: src/view/Manning.class
 %.class: %.java
+	mkdir -p bin
 	javac -Xlint:unchecked -d bin -cp lib/json-simple-1.1.1.jar:lib/jline-2.12.jar:src/ $<
+jar:
+	make
+	jar -cfm manning.jar manifest.txt -C bin .
 clean:
 	find bin -iname *.class | xargs rm -f
 run:
diff --git a/manifest.txt b/manifest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3a1bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Main-Class: view/Manning
+Class-Path: lib/json-simple-1.1.1.jar lib/jline-2.12.jar