diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a5a283a..7492640 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ $(PUBLIC_DIR)/index.html: $(FRONTEND_DIR)/index.html $(PUBLIC_DIR)
 	cp $< $@
 
 $(FRONTEND_DIR)/elm.min.js:
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
-	make -C $(FRONTEND_DIR) DEBUG=1
-else ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
-	make -C $(FRONTEND_DIR) RELEASE=1
-endif
+	make -C $(FRONTEND_DIR)
 
 .PHONY: frontend backend
 
@@ -47,10 +43,10 @@ serve: frontend backend
 ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
 	RUST_LOG=info,actix_web=debug $(CARGO_RUN) --manifest-path=$(BACKEND_DIR)/Cargo.toml
 else ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
-	$(CARGO_RUN) --manifest-path=$(BACKEND_DIR)/Cargo.toml
+	$(CARGO_RUN) --release --manifest-path=$(BACKEND_DIR)/Cargo.toml
 endif
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(PUBLIC_DIR)/*
 	rm -rf $(BACKEND_DIR)/target
-
+	make -C $(FRONTEND_DIR) clean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c8868c..007244b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,16 +2,12 @@
 Example demonstrating how one might architect a single page application
 Elm app.
 
-# Dependencies MacOS
-You will need to have rust and cargo installed on MacOS.
-
-```bash
-brew install node elm
-npm install -g uglify-js@2.4.11
-```
 
 # Building
-`make serve` or `make serve_debug`
+```bash
+nix-shell -p elmPackages.elm cargo uglify-js
+make serve RELEASE=1 # can also do DEBUG=1 instead
+```
 
 Now open `http://127.0.0.1:8080` in your browser.
 
diff --git a/frontend/Makefile b/frontend/Makefile
index a7c0b10..bd0b024 100644
--- a/frontend/Makefile
+++ b/frontend/Makefile
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@ ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
 	./build.sh --debug src/Main.elm
 else ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
 	./build.sh --optimize src/Main.elm
-endif
\ No newline at end of file
+endif
+
+clean:
+	rm elm.js elm.min.js
diff --git a/frontend/build.sh b/frontend/build.sh
index e64570f..e357801 100755
--- a/frontend/build.sh
+++ b/frontend/build.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ else
     exit 1
 fi
 
-uglifyjs elm.js --compress 'pure_funcs="F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9",pure_getters=true,keep_fargs=false,unsafe_comps=true,unsafe=true,passes=2' --output=elm.js
-uglifyjs elm.js --mangle --output=elm.js
+uglifyjs elm.js --compress 'pure_funcs="F2,F3,F4,F5,F6,F7,F8,F9,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9",pure_getters=true,keep_fargs=false,unsafe_comps=true,unsafe=true,passes=2' --output elm.js
+uglifyjs elm.js --mangle --output $min
 
 echo "Compiled size: $(wc -c < $js) bytes ($js)"
 echo "Minified size: $(wc -c < $min) bytes ($min)"