diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c18e51..8a86888 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-go.work
-museum-digital-webdav-uploader
+/go.work
+/bin
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4ba9681..3c1d3d4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -7,36 +7,12 @@ import (
     "gitea.armuli.eu/museum-digital/museum-digital-webdav-uploader/src/webui"
 )
 
-// Attempts to connect to WebDAV server, verifying that the authentication data
-// works and that the server is one for uploads with museum-digital.
-// A museum-digital WebDAV directory can be identified by the availability of the
-// directories IMPORT_IMG and IMPORT_XML.
-// func verifyConnection(config MDWebDavUploaderConfig) bool {
-
-// }
-
-// Generates the contents of the file import_config.txt necessary
-// to let museum-digital know about the required import configuration.
-func generateImportConfigFile() { // string {
-
-}
-
-
-// Uploads metadata files to the configured instance of
-// museum-digital / musdb.
-func uploadMetadataFiles() {
-
-}
-
-// Uploads media files to the configured instance of
-// museum-digital / musdb.
-func uploadMediaFiles() {
-
-}
-
+// Negotiates commands based on command line options.
 func main() {
 
     if slices.Contains(os.Args, "--help") {
+    } else if slices.Contains(os.Args, "--version") {
+        cli.ShowVersion();
     } else if slices.Contains(os.Args, "--show-config") {
         cli.ShowCurrentConfig()
     } else if slices.Contains(os.Args, "--run-manual-setup") {
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2a4c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+VERSION := $(shell go run main.go --version)
+
+hello:
+	echo WebDAV uploader for museum-digital
+	echo Version is $(VERSION)
+
+build:
+	go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader main.go
+
+run:
+	go run main.go
+
+compile:
+	echo "Compiling for every OS and Platform"
+	GOOS=linux   GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-linux-amd64 main.go
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-windows-amd64 main.go
+	GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=amd64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-macos-amd64 main.go
+	GOOS=linux   GOARCH=arm64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-linux-arm64 main.go
+	GOOS=windows GOARCH=arm64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-windows-arm64 main.go
+	GOOS=darwin  GOARCH=arm64 go build -o bin/museum-digital-webdav-uploader-$(VERSION)-macos-arm64 main.go
+
+all: hello build
diff --git a/src/cli/cli.go b/src/cli/cli.go
index 667ba5e..e1ac8f2 100644
--- a/src/cli/cli.go
+++ b/src/cli/cli.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
     "gitea.armuli.eu/museum-digital/museum-digital-webdav-uploader/src/configloader"
     "gitea.armuli.eu/museum-digital/museum-digital-webdav-uploader/src/uploadsrcdir"
     "gitea.armuli.eu/museum-digital/museum-digital-webdav-uploader/src/webdavupload"
+    "gitea.armuli.eu/museum-digital/museum-digital-webdav-uploader/src/meta"
 )
 
 // Interal wrapper around opening a new bufio.Reader and getting an input
@@ -411,3 +412,8 @@ func HandleUpload() {
     fmt.Println("DONE")
 
 }
+
+// Prints current version.
+func ShowVersion() {
+    fmt.Println(meta.GetVersion())
+}
diff --git a/src/meta/meta.go b/src/meta/meta.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0a719a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meta/meta.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package meta
+
+// Returns current version number.
+func GetVersion() string {
+    return "0.1"
+}