diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d8513f..494153e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,21 @@ This repository contains resources used by the core daemon which is located [her
 
 ## getting started ##
 
-start [here](doc/build.md)
+Get the dependancies
+
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libsodium-dev ffmpegthumbnailer sox build-essential git golang ca-certificates
+
+Check out this repo and build it
+
+    git clone https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan
+    cd nntpchan
+    ./build.sh
+
+Now configure the database. [Next](docs/database.md)
+
+
+---
 
 *PLEASE* report any bugs you find while setting up or building [(here)](https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan/issues) so that the problems get fixed :^)
 
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..697fc28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/env/bin bash
+set -e
+root=$(readlink -e $(dirname $0))
+cd $root
+export GOPATH=$root/go
+mkdir -p $GOPATH
+go get -u github.com/majestrate/srndv2
diff --git a/doc/build.md b/doc/build.md
index 4324013..b3e629d 100644
--- a/doc/build.md
+++ b/doc/build.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ## requirements ##
 
 * linux or freebsd
-* go 1.4 or higher
+* go 1.3 or higher
 * libsodium 1.0 or higher
 * imagemagick
 * ffmpegthumbnailer
@@ -15,42 +15,14 @@
 
 Get the dependancies
 
-    # as root
+    sudo apt-get update
+    sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libsodium-dev ffmpegthumbnailer sox build-essential git golang ca-certificates
 
-    apt update
-    apt-get --no-install-recommends install imagemagick libsodium-dev ffmpegthumbnailer sox build-essential git
 
-Debian Jessie has go 1.3, we need 1.4 or higher to build the nntpchan daemon so let's do that first, assumes 64bit linux:
+Check out the repo and build it
 
-    #
-    #      --->>  DO NOT RUN AS ROOT <<---
-    # (you probably will break stuff really bad if you do)
-    #
-
-    # make directory for go's packages
-    mkdir -p $HOME/go
-
-    # set up a directory for our go distribution
-    mkdir -p $HOME/local
-    cd $HOME/local
-    
-    # obtain and unpack go binary distribution
-    wget https://storage.googleapis.com/golang/go1.5.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz -O go-stable.tar.gz
-    tar -xzvf go-stable.tar.gz
-
-    # set up environmental variables for go
-    export GOROOT=$HOME/local/go
-    export GOPATH=$HOME/go
-    export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
-
-    # put environmental variables in bash_alises for later
-    echo 'export GOROOT=$HOME/local/go' >> $HOME/.bash_aliases
-    echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> $HOME/.bash_aliases
-    echo 'export PATH=$GOROOT/bin:$GOPATH/bin:$PATH' >> $HOME/.bash_aliases
-
-    # now build the daemon
-    go get -u github.com/majestrate/srndv2
-
-It will create an executable at $GOPATH/bin/srndv2 which is already in our $PATH so it can be run by typing ``srndv2``
+    git clone https://github.com/majestrate/nntpchan
+    cd nntpchan
+    ./build.sh
 
 Now configure the database. [next](database.md)