diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d461991781..583886e2d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-.idea
-CMakeCache.txt
-CMakeFiles/
-cmake_install.cmake
-Makefile
-!/scripts/Makefile
+/.config
+/.nuget\\packages\\/
 /.bash_history
-/.local/
-/.config/
-/indicationlog
+/bin/
+/lib/
+/tools/
+*-tests.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e014f66543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# the monad-linux superproject
+export MONAD=$(realpath $(CURDIR))
+
+all: powershell-native powershell-managed
+
+# managed code
+
+powershell-managed:
+	$(MAKE) -j -C src/monad-build all test
+
+# native code
+
+powershell-native: src/monad-native/Makefile
+	$(MAKE) -j -C src/monad-native
+
+src/monad-native/Makefile:
+	cd src/monad-native && cmake .
+
+# one-time setup
+
+tools/nuget.exe:
+	wget 'https://dist.nuget.org/win-x86-commandline/latest/nuget.exe'
+
+bootstrap: tools/nuget.exe
+	mono $< restore -PackagesDirectory tools
+
+# run targets
+export POWERSHELL=env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(MONAD)/lib CORE_ROOT=$(MONAD)/src/monad-ext/coreclr/Runtime PWRSH_ROOT=$(MONAD)/lib PSMODULEPATH=$(MONAD)/lib/Modules $(MONAD)/bin/powershell
+
+demo:
+	$(POWERSHELL) lib/powershell-simple.exe '"a","b","c","a","a" | Select-Object -Unique'
+
+shell:
+	$(POWERSHELL) lib/powershell-run.exe
+
+clean-monad:
+	$(MAKE) -C src/monad-build clean
+
+clean-native:
+	$(MAKE) -C src/monad-native clean
+
+clean: clean-monad
diff --git a/scripts/monad-docker.sh b/monad-docker.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from scripts/monad-docker.sh
rename to monad-docker.sh
index e99b6505a3..676093260f 100755
--- a/scripts/monad-docker.sh
+++ b/monad-docker.sh
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ monad-tty()
 }
 
 # runs ephemeral andschwa/magrathea docker container with local
-# directory mounted to /opt and workdir set to /opt/scripts
+# directory mounted and workdir set to /opt
 monad-docker-run()
 {
     local CONSOLE=$1
     shift 1
     docker run --rm \
-	   --volume $(dirname $(pwd))/:/opt \
-	   --workdir /opt/scripts \
+	   --volume $(pwd)/:/opt \
+	   --workdir /opt \
 	   $CONSOLE \
 	   andschwa/magrathea:latest \
 	   bash -c "$(monad-impersonate) bash -c '$*'"
diff --git a/scripts/packages.config b/packages.config
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/packages.config
rename to packages.config
diff --git a/scripts/nuget.exe b/tools/nuget.exe
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/nuget.exe
rename to tools/nuget.exe