diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bd43436..461da1e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -122,3 +122,4 @@ Temporary Items
 *.icloud
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/go,linux,emacs,macos
+my-log
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fb50c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+SOURCES = $(wildcard *.go) $(wildcard **/*.go)
+OUT=my-log
+GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
+COVEROUT=cover.out
+COVERHTML=cover.html
+
+.PHONY: help
+help: ## Show help for documented recipes
+	@echo "Make recipes:"
+	@echo
+	@grep -E '^[a-zA-Z0-9_#-]+:.*?## .*$$' $(MAKEFILE_LIST) | awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "}; {printf "\033[36m%-30s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2}'
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean: ## Removes temporary and build files
+	rm -v $(COVEROUT) $(COVERHTML) $(OUT) || true
+
+.PHONY: fmt ## Runs go fmt
+fmt: ## Runs go fmt
+	go fmt ./...
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: ## Test application and generate coverage report
+	rm $(COVEROUT) 2>/dev/null || true
+	$(MAKE) $(COVEROUT)
+
+$(COVEROUT): $(SOURCES)
+	go test ./... -race -cover -coverprofile $@
+
+$(COVERHTML): $(COVEROUT)
+	go tool cover -html=$< -o $@
+
+.PHONY: report
+report: $(COVERHTML) ## Generate a coverage report
+
+.PHONY: open-report
+open-report: report ## Open the coverage report in the default browser
+	xdg-open $(COVERHTML)
+
+.PHONY: build
+build: $(OUT) ## Builds the application
+
+$(OUT): $(SOURCES)
+	go build -o $@