diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c69aca4..9443baf5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ _testmain.go
 *.prof
 
 /vendor
+/bin
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ccaaffc..588b5e18 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ endif
 coveralls:
 	roveralls
 	goveralls -coverprofile=roveralls.coverprofile -service=travis-ci
+
+test: check
+
+build: 
+	go build -o bin/chaoskube -v