diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11c1804..663d57e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,27 +35,27 @@
 
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-linux-64: | $$(@D)/.
+$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-linux-64: Test.cpp $$(@D)/
 	@echo "Building Linux binary..."
-	@x86_64-linux-gnu-g++      Test.cpp -o build/hello-linux-64
+	@x86_64-linux-gnu-g++      $< -o $@
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-win64.exe: | $$(@D)/.
+$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-win64.exe: Test.cpp $$(@D)/
 	@echo "Building Windows binary..."
-	@x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++    Test.cpp -o build/hello-win64.exe
+	@x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++    $< -o $@
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-macosx.bin: | $$(@D)/.
+$(BUILD_DIR)/hello-macosx.bin: Test.cpp $$(@D)/
 	@echo "Building MacOSX binary..."
-	@x86_64-apple-darwin19-c++ Test.cpp -o build/hello-macosx.bin
+	@x86_64-apple-darwin19-c++ $< -o $@
 
 tidy: $(BUILD_DIR)/tidy.xml
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/tidy.xml: | $$(@D)/.
+$(BUILD_DIR)/tidy.xml: $$(@D)/
 	@chmod u+x ./clang-tidy-to-junit.py
 	@clang-tidy -checks='c*,l*,m*' $(SOURCES) -- $(CXXFLAGS) | ./clang-tidy-to-junit.py $(PWD)/ > $@
 
 test:  $(BUILD_DIR)/tests.xml
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/tests.xml: | $$(@D)/.
+$(BUILD_DIR)/tests.xml: $$(@D)/
 	@echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>' > $@
 	@echo '<testsuites id="1" name="Clang-Tidy" tests="1" errors="0" failures="0" time="0">' >> $@
 	@echo '</testsuites>' >> $@