diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b90e79..f04f290 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ go.work.sum
 # env file
 .env
 
+build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963d17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.PHONY: all client server
+
+all: client server
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf ./build
+
+client:
+	go build -o ./build/client ./cmd/client
+
+server:
+	go build -o ./build/server ./cmd/server
diff --git a/cmd/client/main.go b/cmd/client/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7e0349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/client/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("starting client")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a3c4c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("starting server")
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8652463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module git.faercol.me/monitoring/sys-exporter
+
+go 1.23.3