diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a2c63ce..d163863 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-build/
-libwdsp*.a
+build/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
index 345449b..610a551 100644
--- a/.vscode/extensions.json
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"recommendations": [
-		"marus25.cortex-debug",
 		"ms-vscode.cpptools"
 	]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildvars.mk b/buildvars.mk
index d325309..57fcca6 100644
--- a/buildvars.mk
+++ b/buildvars.mk
@@ -4,17 +4,18 @@
 export OPT ?= -O3
 export DEBUG ?= false
 export BOARD ?= wdsp-dev
+export BUILD_ROOT ?= build
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), true)
-export LIB_NAME ?= libwdsp-debug
+export BUILD_DIR ?= $(BUILD_ROOT)/debug/$(BOARD)
 else
-export LIB_NAME ?= libwdsp
+export BUILD_DIR ?= $(BUILD_ROOT)/release/$(BOARD)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), true)
-export BUILD_DIR ?= build/debug/$(BOARD)
+export LIB_NAME ?= $(BUILD_ROOT)/libwdsp-$(BOARD)-debug
 else
-export BUILD_DIR ?= build/release/$(BOARD)
+export LIB_NAME ?= $(BUILD_ROOT)/libwdsp-$(BOARD)
 endif
 
 export CONFIG_DIR = $(BUILD_DIR)/config
diff --git a/libwdsp.mk b/libwdsp.mk
index e99afd4..b2f5748 100644
--- a/libwdsp.mk
+++ b/libwdsp.mk
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ endif
 WDSP_PATH := $(dir $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))
 CONFIG_FILE ?= $(wildcard ./config.ini)
 
-export USER_CONFIG ?= $(realpath $(CONFIG_FILE))
+export USER_CONFIG ?= $(abspath $(CONFIG_FILE))
+export BUILD_ROOT ?= $(abspath .wdsp)
 
 include $(WDSP_PATH)/buildvars.mk
 include $(WDSP_PATH)/init.mk
 
 C_INCLUDES = \
--I $(WDSP_PATH)/$(CONFIG_DIR) \
+-I $(CONFIG_DIR) \
 -I $(WDSP_PATH)/includes/libwdsp \
 -I $(WDSP_PATH)/boards/$(BOARD) \
 -I $(WDSP_PATH)/cores/$(CORE)
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ $(TARGET).hex: $(TARGET)
 $(TARGET).bin: $(TARGET)
 	$(BIN) $< $@
 
-$(TARGET): $(WDSP_PATH)/$(LIB_NAME).a
+$(TARGET): $(LIB_NAME).a
 
 .PHONY: libclean
 libclean:
diff --git a/template/.gitignore b/template/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1d38e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/template/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Example .gitignore only ignores libWDSP out of tree build directory.
+# Add your own ignores to suit your taste.
+
+.wdsp/