diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f066e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+update:
+	mkdir -p tmp
+
+	curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamcal/emoji-data/master/emoji.json > tmp/emoji.json
+
+	curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/twitter/twemoji/tarball > tmp/twemoji.tar.gz
+	tar xf tmp/twemoji.tar.gz -C tmp
+
+	ruby update.rb
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f4e49c2..74c58dc 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,14 +23,7 @@ open http://localhost:4000
 Pulls from [emoji-data](https://github.com/iamcal/emoji-data).
 
 ```sh
-mkdir -p tmp
-
-curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/iamcal/emoji-data/master/emoji.json > tmp/emoji.json
-
-curl -L https://api.github.com/repos/twitter/twemoji/tarball > tmp/twemoji.tar.gz
-tar xf tmp/twemoji.tar.gz -C tmp
-
-ruby update.rb
+make
 ```
 
 ## See Also