diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index fcf2dfa..15de6ff 100644
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@
 # the path plugin was copied to
 COPYTOPATH = 'cheat.plg'
 
-CC = "arm-none-eabi-gcc"
-CP = "arm-none-eabi-g++"
-OC = "arm-none-eabi-objcopy"
-LD = "arm-none-eabi-ld"
-CTRULIB = '../libctru'
+# get devkitarm environment variable 
 DEVKITARM = os.environ['DEVKITARM']
+# set paths to local compilers
+CC = DEVKITARM + "/bin/arm-none-eabi-gcc"
+CP = DEVKITARM + "/bin/arm-none-eabi-g++"
+OC = DEVKITARM + "/bin/arm-none-eabi-objcopy"
+LD = DEVKITARM + "/bin/arm-none-eabi-ld"
+CTRULIB = '../libctru'
 LIBPATH = '-L ' + DEVKITARM + '/lib/gcc/arm-none-eabi/5.3.0/' + ' -L ' + DEVKITARM + '/arm-none-eabi/lib/ -L obj'
 
-
+# define function to get all files in a folder based on pattern
 def allFile(pattern):
     s = "";
     for file in glob.glob(pattern):
@@ -26,10 +28,19 @@ def run(cmd):
 	#print(cmd);
 	os.system(cmd)
 
+# check if required folders exist
+if not os.path.exists("obj"):
+    os.makedirs("obj");
+if not os.path.exists("bin"):
+    os.makedirs("bin");
+
+
+# actually build the thing
 cwd = os.getcwd()
+# clean up files from previous build
 run("rm obj/*.o")
 run("rm bin/*.elf")
-run(CC+  " -Os -s  -g -I include -I include/libntrplg " + allFile('source/libntrplg/*.c') + allFile('source/ns/*.c') + allFile('source/*.c') + allFile('source/battle/*.c') + allFile('source/rng/*.c') + allFile('source/libctru/*.c') + " -c  -march=armv6 -mlittle-endian  ");
+run(CC+  " -Os -s  -g -I include -I include/libntrplg " + allFile('source/libntrplg/*.c') + allFile('source/ns/*.c') + allFile('source/*.c') + allFile('source/battle/*.c') + allFile('source/rng/*.c') + allFile('source/libctru/*.c') + " -c  -march=armv6 -mlittle-endian ");
 run(CC+"  -Os " + allFile('source/libntrplg/*.s') +  allFile('source/ns/*.s')  + allFile('source/*.s') + allFile('source/libctru/*.s') + " -c -s -march=armv6 -mlittle-endian ");
 
 run(LD + ' ' + LIBPATH + " -pie --print-gc-sections  -T 3ds.ld -Map=homebrew.map " + allFile("*.o") + " " + allFile("lib/*.o") + " " + allFile("lib/*.a") + " -lc --nostdlib")
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00e7300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PokemonCheatPlugin:
+	python3 build.py