diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c1230d4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+CARGO=cargo
+
+.PHONY: init
+init: 
+	./scripts/init.sh
+
+.PHONY: build
+build:
+	${CARGO} build --release
+build-runtime:
+	./scripts/build-runtime.sh
+
+.PHONY: compare
+compare-ordering:
+	./scripts/manual-compare-ordering.sh
+
+.PHONY: benchmark
+benchmark: 
+	./scripts/run-benchmark-on.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 138f942aa..fbbe02369 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ For Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and macOS:
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/dappforce/subsocial-parachain
 cd subsocial-parachain/
-sh scripts/init.sh
-cargo build --release
+make init
+make build
 ```
 
 ## Run