diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 055db60..47544ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 **/build
 build_Debug
 build_Release
+build_debug
+build_release
 **/lcoverage
 .idea
 cmake-*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bdd15c..9f35cce 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ include_directories(${TORCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_library(mdlp CPPFImdlp.cpp Metrics.cpp BinDisc.cpp Discretizer.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(mdlp "${TORCH_LIBRARIES}")
 add_subdirectory(sample)
-add_subdirectory(tests)
\ No newline at end of file
+if (ENABLE_TESTING)
+    add_subdirectory(tests)
+endif(ENABLE_TESTING)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb45104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SHELL := /bin/bash
+.DEFAULT_GOAL := build
+.PHONY: build test
+
+build: 
+	@if [ -d build_release ]; then rm -fr build_release; fi
+	@mkdir build_release
+	@cmake -B build_release -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_TESTING=OFF
+	@cmake --build build_release
+
+test:
+	@echo "Testing..."
+	@cd tests && ./test