diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f2346d4d..000000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-REPO := $(shell dirname $(realpath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
-
-EXE = $(REPO)/llarpd
-STATIC_LIB = $(REPO)/libllarp.a
-SHARED_LIB = $(REPO)/libllarp.so
-
-STATIC_SRC_CPP = $(wildcard $(REPO)/llarp/*.cpp)
-STATIC_SRC_C = $(wildcard $(REPO)/llarp/*.c)
-
-STATIC_OBJ = $(STATIC_SRC_CPP:.cpp=.cpp.o) $(STATIC_SRC_C:.c=.c.o)
-
-DAEMON_SRC = $(wildcard $(REPO)/daemon/*.c)
-DAEMON_OBJ = $(DAEMON_SRC:.c=.c.o)
-
-TEST_SRC_C = $(wildcard $(REPO)/test/*.c)
-TEST_SRC_CPP = $(wildcard $(REPO)/test/*.cpp)
-
-TEST_OBJ_C = $(TEST_SRC_C:.c=.c.bin)
-TEST_OBJ_CPP = $(TEST_SRC_CPP:.cpp=.cpp.bin)
-
-TEST_SRC = $(TEST_SRC_C) $(TEST_SRC_CPP)
-
-TEST_OBJ = $(TEST_OBJ_C) $(TEST_OBJ_CPP)
-
-HDRS = $(wildcard $(REPO)/llarp/*.hpp) $(wildcard $(REPO)/include/*/*.h) 
-SRCS = $(DAEMON_SRC) $(STATIC_SRC_CPP) $(STATIC_SRC_C) $(TEST_SRC_C) $(TEST_SRC_CPP)
-FORMAT = clang-format
-
-SODIUM_FLAGS = $(shell pkg-config --cflags libsodium)
-SODIUM_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs libsodium)
-
-DEBUG_FLAGS = -g
-
-GIT_VERSION ?= $(shell test -e .git && git rev-parse --short HEAD || true)
-
-ifneq ($(GIT_VERSION),"")
-	VER_FLAGS=-DGIT_REV=\"$(GIT_VERSION)\"
-endif
-
-ifeq ($(JEMALLOC),"1")	
-	MALLOC_LIB=-ljemalloc	
-else	
-	MALLOC_LIB=
-endif
-
-REQUIRED_CFLAGS = $(SODIUM_FLAGS) -I$(REPO)/include -std=c11 $(CFLAGS) $(DEBUG_FLAGS) $(VER_FLAGS) -Wall -fPIC
-REQUIRED_CXXFLAGS = $(SODIUM_FLAGS) -I$(REPO)/include -std=c++17 $(CXXFLAGS) $(DEBUG_FLAGS) $(VER_FLAGS) -Wall -fPIC
-LIB_LDFLAGS = $(MALLOC_LIB) $(SODIUM_LIBS) -pthread -lm -lstdc++ -lstdc++fs
-REQUIRED_LDFLAGS = -L$(REPO) -lllarp 
-TEST_LDFLAGS = $(STATIC_LIB) $(LIB_LDFLAGS)
-
-all: build
-
-format:
-	$(FORMAT) -style=Google -i $(HDRS) $(SRCS)
-
-build: shared $(EXE)
-
-test: $(TEST_OBJ_CPP) $(TEST_OBJ_C)
-
-shared: $(SHARED_LIB)
-
-$(TEST_SRC): $(STATIC_LIB)
-
-
-$(REPO)/test/%.cpp.bin: $(REPO)/test/%.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(REQUIRED_CXXFLAGS) $< -o $<.bin $(TEST_LDFLAGS)
-	mv $<.bin $<.test
-	$<.test
-	valgrind --tool=callgrind $<.test
-
-$(REPO)/test/%.c.bin: $(REPO)/test/%.c
-	$(CC) $(REQUIRED_CFLAGS) $< -o $<.bin $(TEST_LDFLAGS)
-	mv $<.bin $<.test
-	$<.test
-	#valgrind --tool=callgrind $<.test
-
-$(EXE): $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(STATIC_LIB)
-	$(CXX) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(STATIC_LIB) $(LIB_LDFLAGS) -o $(EXE) 
-
-%.cpp.o: %.cpp
-	$(CXX) $(REQUIRED_CXXFLAGS) -c $< -o $<.o
-
-%.c.o: %.c
-	$(CC) $(REQUIRED_CFLAGS) -c $< -o $<.o
-
-$(STATIC_LIB): $(STATIC_OBJ)
-	$(AR) -r $(STATIC_LIB) $(STATIC_OBJ)
-
-$(SHARED_LIB): $(STATIC_OBJ)
-	$(CXX) -shared -o $(SHARED_LIB) $(STATIC_OBJ) $(LIB_LDFLAGS)
-
-clean:
-	$(RM) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(EXE) $(STATIC_OBJ) $(STATIC_LIB) $(TEST_OBJ) $(SHARED_LIB)
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 70eed73b3..b1cd49231 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ Build requirements:
 
 Building:
 
+    $ mkdir build
+    $ cd build
+    $ cmake ..
     $ make
     
 Running: