diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dca1da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+PDFTEX=pdflatex
+
+lawguide.pdf: lawguide.tex
+	$(PDFTEX) $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.log *.aux *.out *.pdf
+
+.PHONY: clean
diff --git a/README b/README
index 96235d3..f2989a0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-= #osdev-offtopic lawguide
+# #osdev-offtopic lawguide
 
 A repository for the lawguide.