diff --git a/make/makefile b/make/makefile
index 1b609e6..a5ffffe 100644
--- a/make/makefile
+++ b/make/makefile
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-
-
-sources = $(wildcard ../oscar64/*.cpp)
-objects = $(patsubst ../oscar64/%.cpp,%.o,$(sources))
+project_dir := $(abspath $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))/../)
+sources = $(wildcard $(project_dir)/oscar64/*.cpp)
+objects = $(patsubst $(project_dir)/oscar64/%.cpp,%.o,$(sources))
 
 CXX = c++
 CPPFLAGS = -g -O2 -std=c++11 -Wno-switch
  
- $(shell mkdir -p ../bin)
+ $(shell mkdir -p $(project_dir)/bin)
  
 ifdef WINDIR
 	linklibs = -lpthread
@@ -24,21 +23,21 @@ else
 	endif
 endif
  
-%.o: ../oscar64/%.cpp
+%.o: $(project_dir)/oscar64/%.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(CPPFLAGS) $< -o $@
 
-%.d: ../oscar64/%.cpp
+%.d: $(project_dir)/oscar64/%.cpp
 	@set -e; rm -f $@; \
 	$(CC) -MM $(CPPFLAGS) $< > $@.$$$$; \
 	sed 's,\($*\)\.o[ :]*,\1.o $@ : ,g' < $@.$$$$ > $@; \
 	rm -f $@.$$$$
 
-../bin/oscar64 : $(objects)
-	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(objects) $(linklibs) -o ../bin/oscar64
+$(project_dir)/bin/oscar64 : $(objects)
+	$(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(objects) $(linklibs) -o $(project_dir)/bin/oscar64
 
 .PHONY : clean
 clean :
-	-rm *.o *.d ../bin/oscar64
+	-rm *.o *.d $(project_dir)/bin/oscar64
 
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S), Darwin)