diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6207059..593c721 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+/build
 host_key
 host_key.pub
 ssh-chat
 *.log
+.*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 699badf..735c767 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SRCS = %.go
 all: $(BINARY)
 
 $(BINARY): deps **/**/*.go **/*.go *.go
-	go build -ldflags "-X main.buildCommit `git describe --long --tags --dirty --always`" ./cmd/ssh-chat
+	go build -ldflags "-X main.buildCommit=`git describe --long --tags --dirty --always`" ./cmd/ssh-chat
 
 deps:
 	go get ./...