diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b825d59b..4a61e60d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@ self2:
 	./cyclone-self scheme/cyclone/cgen.sld
 	./cyclone-self cyclone-self.scm
 
+# TODO: this is ugly and needs lots of work yet...
+# would also need to call this after self2
+.PHONY: bootstrap
+bootstrap:
+	$(MAKE) self2
+	rm -rf tmp
+	mkdir -p tmp/scheme/cyclone
+	cp scheme/base.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/read.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/write.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/char.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/eval.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/file.c tmp/scheme
+	cp scheme/cyclone/common.c tmp/scheme/cyclone
+	cp icyc.c tmp
+	cp scheme/cyclone/libraries.c tmp/scheme/cyclone
+	cp scheme/cyclone/transforms.c tmp/scheme/cyclone
+	cp scheme/cyclone/cgen.c tmp/scheme/cyclone
+	cp cyclone-self.scm tmp
+	cp Makefile-bootstrap tmp/Makefile
+
+
 .PHONY: test
 test: $(TESTFILES) cyclone
 	$(foreach f,$(TESTSCM), echo tests/$(f) ; ./cyclone tests/$(f).scm && tests/$(f) && rm -rf tests/$(f);)
diff --git a/Makefile-bootstrap b/Makefile-bootstrap
index 46409041..603285df 100644
--- a/Makefile-bootstrap
+++ b/Makefile-bootstrap
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 # TODO
+"gcc test2.c -I/home/justin/Documents/cyclone/ -g -c -o test2.o""gcc test2.o  /home/justin/Documents/cyclone/scheme/base.o  /home/justin/Documents/cyclone/scheme/write.o  /home/justin/Documents/cyclone/scheme/file.o  -L/home/justin/Documents/cyclone/ -lcyclone -lm -I/home/justin/Documents/cyclone/ -g -o test2