diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7e3dd5b..ce90026 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ manifest.db
 *.out
 runs_remaining.gen.sh
 sbatch_config.sh
-
+results/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf1a681..8e02a75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,19 +20,16 @@ data:
 results:
 	mkdir $@
 
-$(EXE):
-	cd $(EXPERIMENT_RUNNER_DIRECTORY) && $(MAKE)
-
 data/%.gen.ssv: | data
 	python3 bin/run_experiment.py --exe_dir $(EXE_DIR) -a $* > $@
 
 runs_remaining.gen.sh: bin/list_runs_remaining.sh Makefile
 	$< > $@
 
-results/efr_data.npy: $(SSV_FILES)
+results/efr_data.npy: $(SSV_FILES) | results
 	python3 bin/save_data.py -x efr -o $@
 
-results/cor_gap_data.npy: $(wildcard data/cor_gap.*.dat)
+results/cor_gap_data.npy: $(wildcard data/cor_gap.*.dat) | results
 	python3 bin/save_data.py -x cor_gap -o $@
 
 print-%:
diff --git a/results/.gitignore b/results/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6961fb6..0000000
--- a/results/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Thanks to https://www.oncrashreboot.com/how-to-add-an-empty-directory-to-a-git-repository for this.
-# Disregard this entire folder
-*
-# Except this .gitignore file
-!.gitignore