diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1af4949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.o
+*.hi
+flobnar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e797781
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+*.o
+*.hi
+flobnar
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
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index 0000000..124eff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+PROG=flobnar
+
+if [ x`which ghc` = x -a x`which runhugs` = x ]; then
+    echo "Neither ghc nor runhugs found on search path."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir -p bin
+
+if [ x`which ghc` = x -o ! x$USE_HUGS = x ]; then
+    # create script to run with Hugs
+    cat >bin/$PROG <<'EOF'
+#!/bin/sh
+THIS=`realpath $0`
+DIR=`dirname $THIS`/../src
+runhugs $DIR/Main.hs $*
+EOF
+    chmod 755 bin/$PROG
+else
+    cd src && ghc --make Main.hs -o ../bin/$PROG
+fi