diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-build.yml b/.github/workflows/go-build.yml
index c9ab2d5..167fb47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-build.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.19
 
-      - name: Build
-        run: go build -v ./...
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: make build/turnkey
 
       - name: Test
         run: go test -v ./...
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b90d5f8..cc7bc14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@
 # Apple folder files
 .DS_Store
 
-# Dist folder
-dist/
\ No newline at end of file
+# Dist/build folder
+dist/
+build/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbec1f9..b6b0f19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 # Turnkey CLI
 
+![Go Build Status](https://github.com/tkhq/tkcli/actions/workflows/go-build.yml/badge.svg)
+
 ## Building the CLI
 
+If you simply want to build a binary locally, run
+```sh
+$ make build/turnkey
+```
+
 We use [GoReleaser](https://goreleaser.com/) to build and release our binaries.
 
-To build locally:
+To build a release locally:
 ```
 $ goreleaser release --snapshot --rm-dist
 ```
diff --git a/build/.gitattributes b/build/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index 28add19..0000000
--- a/build/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-turnkey filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/turnkey b/build/turnkey
deleted file mode 100755
index 7da4427..0000000
--- a/build/turnkey
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f1ba9392d17c23035e3a528b0fcd3119f21637c66a4d727202fc2f066aeb1d94
-size 9268610