diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb776ba..10c3b9e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-help: ## show help message
-	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m\033[0m\n"} /^[$$()% a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
 CC = gcc
 OUT_DIR  = ./build
@@ -17,23 +15,21 @@ INC_FLAGS := $(addprefix -I,$(INC_DIRS))
 
 CCFLAGS := $(INC_FLAGS)
 
-.PHONY: clean install build
+.PHONY: build clean install install-services uninstall-services create-services reinstall-services
 
-install: build create-services install-services
+install: build create-services install-services  ## Full installation. Builds the proxmon executable, generates service files, installs and starts services
+ 
+build: $(TARGET) create-services  ## Build the proxmon executable, and generates service files for editing
 
-build: $(TARGET)
-
-clean:
+clean:  ## Remove all build artifacts including generated service files (does not uninstall service files)
 	@rm -rf bin/ $(OUT_DIR) $(SERVICE_DIR)
 
 ./bin: 
 	@mkdir -p ./bin
 	@cp ./dist/* ./bin
 
-$(OUT_DIR):
-	@mkdir -p $@
-
-$(OUT_DIR)/%.o: $(SRC_DIRS)/%.c | $(OUT_DIR)
+$(OUT_DIR)/%.o: $(SRC_DIRS)/%.c
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $@)
 	$(CC) $(CCFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 
 $(TARGET): $(OBJS) | ./bin
@@ -62,14 +58,14 @@ $(SERVICE_DIR):
 $(SERVICE_DIR)/%.service: $(TEMPLATE_DIR)/%.service.in | $(SERVICE_DIR)
 	sed 's|@WORKDIR@|$(WORKDIR)|g' $< > $@
 
-create-services: $(SERVICES)
+create-services: $(SERVICES)	## Generate service files from templates into the systemd/ directory
 
-# install service into systemd
+# install a service into systemd
 $(INSTALL_DIR)/%.service: $(SERVICE_DIR)/%.service
 	install -m 644 $< $(INSTALL_DIR)/
 	
 
-install-services: create-services $(INSTALLED)
+install-services: create-services $(INSTALLED)  ## Installs all service files in the systemd/ directory into /etc/systemd/system
 	systemctl daemon-reload
 	@for srv in $(SERVICES); do \
 		name=$$(basename $$srv); \
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ install-services: create-services $(INSTALLED)
 		systemctl start $$name; \
 	done
 
-uninstall-services:
+uninstall-services: ## Stops and uninstalls all services associated with ProxMon
 	@for srv in $(INSTALLED); do \
 		name=$$(basename $$srv); \
 		echo "Stopping and uninstalling $$name..."; \
@@ -87,4 +83,7 @@ uninstall-services:
 	done
 	systemctl daemon-reload
 
-reinstall-services: uninstall-services install-services
\ No newline at end of file
+reinstall-services: uninstall-services install-services  ## Uninstalls and reinstalls ProxMon services
+
+help: ## Show help message
+	@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*##"; printf "\nUsage:\n  make \033[36m\033[0m\n"} /^[$$()% a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-18s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) } ' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)