diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da18c19..3b39bf4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 *.exe
 *.out
 *.app
+*.zip
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30b936e..1181ddb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,4 +18,12 @@ Hotkeys:
 
 the nerds can build it with
 
-        $ make
+        git clone https://github.com/papplampe/virgo.git
+        cd virgo
+        make
+
+If you do not have gcc/make installed you can change that doing following
+
+1. go to http://msys2.github.io/ and install it according to the instructions there
+2. open msys2 shell and install mingw-w64-i686-gcc and mingw-w64-i686-make using pacman
+3. duplicate C:\msys32\mingw32\bin\mingw32-make.exe and name it make.exe