diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5fe7211..fa9bea6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/etc/nixos/result
-/etc/nixos/tlater.net.qcow2
+/result
+/tlater.net.qcow2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e449618
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+result: etc/nixos/configuration.nix
+	nix-build '<nixpkgs/nixos>' -A vm -k -I nixos-config=$^
+
+tlater.net.qcow2:
+	nix-shell -p qemu --run 'qemu-img create -f qcow2 $@ 10G'
+
+run: result tlater.net.qcow2
+	QEMU_OPTS="-m 4096 -nographic" QEMU_NET_OPTS="hostfwd=tcp::2222-:2222,hostfwd=tcp::8000-:80" ./result/bin/run-tlater.net-vm
+
+format: $(wildcard etc/nixos/**/*.nix)
+	nix-shell -p nixpkgs-fmt --run 'nixpkgs-fmt $^'