diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 819e7e2..e58ac27 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
-mfer/app.pb.go: mf.proto
-	protoc --go_out=./mfer $<
+PROTOC_GEN_GO := $(GOPATH)/bin/protoc-gen-go
+
+default: compile
+
+$(PROTOC_GEN_GO):
+	go get -u github.com/golang/protobuf/protoc-gen-go
+
+compile: $(PROTOC_GEN_GO)
+	cd proto && go generate .
+
+clean:
+	rm -rfv proto/*.pb.go
diff --git a/mfer/.keep b/mfer/.keep
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/proto/gen.go b/proto/gen.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de5555c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proto/gen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package proto
+
+//go:generate protoc --go_out=. mf.proto
diff --git a/mf.proto b/proto/mf.proto
similarity index 100%
rename from mf.proto
rename to proto/mf.proto