diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1a59348..b8c4f4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 compiled/
 /doc/
+/dist/
+/meowbb
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79d9f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+.PHONY: all dist
+
+RKT_VER=$(shell racket -e "(displayln (version))")
+
+all:
+	@echo nothing to do...
+
+dist:
+	mkdir -p dist
+	raco exe -o meowbb main.rkt
+	raco dist dist meowbb
+	rm meowbb
+	cp ~/.racket/$(RKT_VER)/lib/lib{racket_unix_signals,tty_raw}.so dist/lib
+	./mkhaskalimage.sh dist bin/meowbb meowbb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 914984e..2c49402 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,16 +5,25 @@ probably out of date demo: https://asciinema.org/a/jUw0GtaIsqZdAxTDkBRAiV2L3
 you'll need uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fixed libraries
 
 ```
+git clone https://git.lain.faith/misc-deps/racket-unix-signals
+cd racket-unix-signals
+raco pkg install unix-signals/
+cd ..
+
 git clone https://git.lain.faith/misc-deps/racket-ansi
 cd racket-ansi
 raco pkg install ansi/
+cd ..
+
 git clone https://git.lain.faith/misc-deps/lux
 cd lux
 raco pkg install
 cd ..
+
 git clone https://git.lain.faith/misc-deps/raart
 cd raart
 raco pkg install
+cd ..
 ```
 
 ok now we're ready to do stuff
diff --git a/mkhaskalimage.sh b/mkhaskalimage.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..30603ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkhaskalimage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
+    echo "usage: ./mkhaskalimg.sh <dir> <cmd> <out>"
+fi
+
+dir="$1"
+cmd="$2"
+out="$3"
+
+(cd "$dir" && tar czf ../haskalimg.tar.gz *)
+
+header=$(cat <<EOF
+#!/bin/bash
+extdir="/tmp/haskalimg-\$(whoami)-\$(head -c8 /dev/urandom | xxd -p)"
+mkdir "\$extdir"
+tail -n +11 "\$0" | tar xz -C "\$extdir"
+function finish {
+    rm -rf "\$extdir"
+}
+trap finish EXIT
+\$extdir/$2
+exit
+EOF
+)
+
+cat <(echo "$header") haskalimg.tar.gz > "$out"
+rm haskalimg.tar.gz
+chmod +x "$out"