diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f17443a..cbae1b7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ curl "http://localhost:5000/?fen=rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR%20w
 
 This engine implements the UCI protocol and can be used as a bot on [Lichess](https://lichess.org). You can use the python bridge between Lichess Bot API and the engine: [https://github.com/ShailChoksi/lichess-bot](https://github.com/ShailChoksi/lichess-bot).
 
-To run it as a bot you'll need to produce a python executable. [PyInstaller](https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) can produce it by running the following command:
+To run it as a bot you'll need to produce a python executable. We use [PyInstaller](https://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) via our Makefile:
 
 ```shell
-python3 -m PyInstaller main.py
+make build-lichess
 ```
 
 This creates a `build` and `dist` folder. The `dist` folder contains the main executable in a folder called `main`. All the files inside `main` need to be copied over to `/lichess-bot/engines` for it to work. You can checkout [/lichess](lichess/README.md) for further lichess setup.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index da140c4..df62a96 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,5 +21,8 @@ install: venv activate
 requirements.txt: pyproject.toml ensure-uv
 	uv pip compile pyproject.toml -o requirements.txt
 
+build-lichess: ensure-uv
+	uv run pyinstaller moonfish/main.py --name moonfish --onefile --hidden-import chess --add-data "opening_book:opening_book"
+
 clean:
-	rm -rf .venv __pycache__ .mypy_cache dist *.egg-info
\ No newline at end of file
+	rm -rf .venv __pycache__ .mypy_cache dist build *.egg-info *.spec
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lichess/README.md b/lichess/README.md
index 36a70d8..26c7bb9 100644
--- a/lichess/README.md
+++ b/lichess/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ To run the engine as a lichess bot you'll need to install the [Lichess Bot API](
 
 If you pull [https://github.com/ShailChoksi/lichess-bot](https://github.com/ShailChoksi/lichess-bot) to the same parent directory of moonfish, such that your local setup looks like:
 
-```bash
+```shell
 $ tree moonfish/ lichess-bot/ -L 1
 moonfish/
 ├── LICENSE
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ you could then run the below to setup (build + move files) lichess to work with
 
 don't forget to create a [`.env`](../.env.example) with your lichess API token (with bot:play scope)
 
-```bash
+```shell
 lichess/setup_macos.sh
 ```
diff --git a/lichess/setup_macos.sh b/lichess/setup_macos.sh
index 7e84f6b..575bef5 100755
--- a/lichess/setup_macos.sh
+++ b/lichess/setup_macos.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source .env
 read -p "Do you want to build a new binary? (y/n) " answer
 answer=$(echo "$answer" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 if [[ "$answer" == "y" || "$answer" == "yes" ]]; then
-    python -m PyInstaller main.py --onefile
+    make build-lichess
 fi
 
 # fetch opening book if not already downloaded
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ brew install gettext
 if [ -f ../lichess-bot/engines/main ]; then
     rm ../lichess-bot/engines/main
 fi
-cp dist/main ../lichess-bot/engines/main
+cp dist/moonfish ../lichess-bot/engines/main
 mkdir -p ../lichess-bot/engines/opening_book
 cp opening_book/cerebellum.bin ../lichess-bot/engines/opening_book/cerebellum.bin
 bash .env