diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 418dd77..dbf8378 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ on:
     tags:
       - v*
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: [Test]
-    types:
-      - completed
 
 jobs:
   build_macos:
diff --git a/cmd/generate_versioninfo/main.go b/cmd/generate_versioninfo/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 390cb70..0000000
--- a/cmd/generate_versioninfo/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"flag"
-	"io/ioutil"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-var rsrc = `1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     {VERSION_COMMA},0,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  {VERSION_COMMA},0,0
-BEGIN
-  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-  BEGIN
-    BLOCK "080904E4"
-    BEGIN
-      VALUE "CompanyName", "Old MacDonald's Farm"
-      VALUE "FileDescription", "Yet another RSS reader"
-      VALUE "FileVersion", "{VERSION}"
-      VALUE "InternalName", "yarr"
-      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "nkanaev"
-      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "yarr.exe"
-      VALUE "ProductName", "yarr"
-      VALUE "ProductVersion", "{VERSION}"
-    END
-  END
-  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-  BEGIN
-    VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1252
-  END
-END
-
-1 ICON "icon.ico"
-`
-
-func main() {
-	var version, outfile string
-	flag.StringVar(&version, "version", "0.0", "")
-	flag.StringVar(&outfile, "outfile", "versioninfo.rc", "")
-	flag.Parse()
-
-	version_comma := strings.ReplaceAll(version, ".", ",")
-
-	out := strings.ReplaceAll(rsrc, "{VERSION}", version)
-	out = strings.ReplaceAll(out, "{VERSION_COMMA}", version_comma)
-
-	ioutil.WriteFile(outfile, []byte(out), 0644)
-}
diff --git a/etc/windows_versioninfo.sh b/etc/windows_versioninfo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..64d1f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/windows_versioninfo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+# Function to display usage information
+usage() {
+  echo "Usage: $0 [-version VERSION] [-outfile FILENAME]"
+  echo "  -version VERSION   Set the version number (default: 0.0)"
+  echo "  -outfile FILENAME  Set the output file name (default: versioninfo.rc)"
+  echo ""
+  echo "This script generates a Windows resource file with version information."
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# Default values
+version="0.0"
+outfile="versioninfo.rc"
+
+# Check if help is requested
+if [[ "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  usage
+fi
+
+# Parse command-line options
+while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    -version)
+      if [[ -z "$2" || "$2" == -* ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Missing value for -version parameter"
+        usage
+      fi
+      version="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    -outfile)
+      if [[ -z "$2" || "$2" == -* ]]; then
+        echo "Error: Missing value for -outfile parameter"
+        usage
+      fi
+      outfile="$2"
+      shift 2
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo "Error: Unknown parameter: $1"
+      usage
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+# Replace dots with commas for version_comma
+version_comma="${version//./,}"
+
+# Use a here document for the template with ENDFILE delimiter
+cat <<ENDFILE > "$outfile"
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     $version_comma,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  $version_comma,0,0
+BEGIN
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "080904E4"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "Old MacDonald's Farm"
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "Yet another RSS reader"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "$version"
+      VALUE "InternalName", "yarr"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "nkanaev"
+      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "yarr.exe"
+      VALUE "ProductName", "yarr"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "$version"
+    END
+  END
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1252
+  END
+END
+
+1 ICON "icon.ico"
+ENDFILE
+
+# Set the correct permissions
+chmod 644 "$outfile"
+
+echo "Generated $outfile with version $version"
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index d5f286d..d7bf9d7 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -4,30 +4,15 @@ GITHASH=$(shell git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
 GO_TAGS    = sqlite_foreign_keys sqlite_json
 GO_LDFLAGS = -s -w -X 'main.Version=$(VERSION)' -X 'main.GitHash=$(GITHASH)'
 
-GO_FLAGS     = -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)"
-GO_FLAGS_GUI = -tags "$(GO_TAGS) gui" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)"
+GO_FLAGS         = -tags "$(GO_TAGS)"     -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)"
+GO_FLAGS_GUI     = -tags "$(GO_TAGS) gui" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)"
+GO_FLAGS_GUI_WIN = -tags "$(GO_TAGS) gui" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS) -H windowsgui"
 
 export CGO_ENABLED=1
 
-build_default:
-	mkdir -p _output
-	go build -tags "$(GO_TAGS)" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)" -o _output/yarr ./cmd/yarr
+default: test host
 
-build_macos:
-	mkdir -p _output/macos
-	GOOS=darwin go build -tags "$(GO_TAGS) macos" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)" -o _output/macos/yarr ./cmd/yarr
-	cp src/platform/icon.png _output/macos/icon.png
-	go run ./cmd/package_macos -outdir _output/macos -version "$(VERSION)"
-
-build_linux:
-	mkdir -p _output/linux
-	GOOS=linux go build -tags "$(GO_TAGS) linux" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS)" -o _output/linux/yarr ./cmd/yarr
-
-build_windows:
-	mkdir -p _output/windows
-	go run ./cmd/generate_versioninfo -version "$(VERSION)" -outfile src/platform/versioninfo.rc
-	windres -i src/platform/versioninfo.rc -O coff -o src/platform/versioninfo.syso
-	GOOS=windows go build -tags "$(GO_TAGS) windows" -ldflags="$(GO_LDFLAGS) -H windowsgui" -o _output/windows/yarr.exe ./cmd/yarr
+# platform-specific files
 
 etc/icon.icns: etc/icon_macos.png
 	mkdir -p etc/icon.iconset
@@ -40,6 +25,15 @@ etc/icon.icns: etc/icon_macos.png
 	sips -s format png --resampleWidth   16 etc/icon_macos.png --out etc/icon.iconset/icon_16x16.png
 	iconutil -c icns etc/icon.iconset -o etc/icon.icns
 
+src/platform/versioninfo.rc:
+	./etc/windows_versioninfo.sh -version "$(VERSION)" -outfile src/platform/versioninfo.rc
+	windres -i src/platform/versioninfo.rc -O coff -o src/platform/versioninfo.syso
+
+# build targets
+
+host:
+	go build $(GO_FLAGS) -o out/yarr ./cmd/yarr
+
 darwin_amd64:
 	# not supported yet
 	# CC="zig cc -target x86_64-macos-none" GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build $(subst -s ,,$(GO_FLAGS)) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
@@ -63,21 +57,29 @@ windows_arm64:
 	CC="zig cc -target aarch64-windows-gnu" GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build $(GO_FLAGS) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
 
 darwin_arm64_gui: etc/icon.icns
-	mkdir -p out/$@
 	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build $(GO_FLAGS_GUI) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
 	./etc/macos_package.sh $(VERSION) etc/icon.icns out/$@/yarr out/$@
 
 darwin_amd64_gui: etc/icon.icns
-	mkdir -p out/$@
 	GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build $(GO_FLAGS_GUI) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
 	./etc/macos_package.sh $(VERSION) etc/icon.icns out/$@/yarr out/$@
 
+windows_amd64_gui: windows_versioninfo
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build $(GO_FLAGS_GUI_WIN) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
+
+windows_arm64_gui: src/platform/versioninfo.rc
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build $(GO_FLAGS_GUI_WIN) -o out/$@/yarr ./cmd/yarr
+
 serve:
 	go run $(GO_FLAGS) ./cmd/yarr -db local.db
 
 test:
 	go test $(GO_FLAGS) ./...
 
-.PHONY: serve test \
+.PHONY: \
+	host \
 	darwin_amd64 darwin_amd64_gui \
-	darwin_arm64 darwin_arm64_gui
+	darwin_arm64 darwin_arm64_gui \
+	windows_amd64 windows_amd64_gui \
+	windows_arm64 windows_arm64_gui \
+	serve test