diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+MODULE  = github.com/KorAP/KoralPipe-TermMapper
+CONFIG  = github.com/KorAP/KoralPipe-TermMapper/config
+DEV_DIR      = $(shell pwd)
+BUILDDATE    = $(shell date -u '+%Y-%m-%d_%I:%M:%S%p')
+BUILDVERSION = $(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
+BUILDCOMMIT  = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+
+BUILDOUT =
+ifeq ($(ACTION), build)
+  BUILDOUT = -o ./termmapper
+endif
+
+
+ifeq ($(strip $(BUILDVERSION)), )
+  BUILDVERSION = "EARLY"
+endif
+
+build: 
+	go build -v \
+	         -ldflags "-X $(CONFIG).Buildtime=$(BUILDDATE) \
+	                   -X $(CONFIG).Buildhash=$(BUILDCOMMIT) \
+			   -X $(CONFIG).Version=$(BUILDVERSION) \
+	                   -s \
+                       -w" \
+					--trimpath \
+					$(BUILDOUT) \
+					./cmd/termmapper/
+
+update:	## Update all dependencies and clean up the dependency files.
+	go get -u all && go mod tidy
+
+test: 
+	go test ./...
+
+bench: 	## Run all benchmarks in the code.
+	go test -bench=. -benchmem ./... -run=^# -count 5
+
+vet: 	## Run `go vet` on the code.
+	go vet ./...
+
+fuzz:
+	go test -fuzz=FuzzTransformEndpoint -fuzztime=1m ./cmd/termmapper