diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 989870c..f2e6a35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 compile_commands.json
 zoomer
 zoomer.o
+fshader.h
+vshader.h
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f7ab468..00cd43e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,32 +1,39 @@
-.PHONY: all clean run
-VERSION = 0.0.1
+.PHONY: all clean run bear build
+VERSION = 0.0.2
 
 PREFIX=/usr/local
 
 LIBS = sdl2 glew
-CMACRO = -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
+CMACRO = -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" $(if $(EMBED_SHADER),-DEMBED_SHADER,)
 
 CC = gcc
 CFLAGS = -g -Wall -Wextra -pedantic $(shell pkg-config $(LIBS) --cflags) $(CMACRO)
 LDFLAGS = $(shell pkg-config $(LIBS) --libs) -lm
 
-all: zoomer 
+all: zoomer
 
-zoomer: zoomer.o
+zoomer: $(if $(EMBED_SHADER),fshader.h vshader.h,) zoomer.o 
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS)
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
+%.h: %.glsl
+	xxd -i $< $@
+
 clean: 
+	rm -f fshader.h vshader.h
 	rm -f *.o
 	rm -f zoomer 
 
-install: zoomer
-	install -Dm755 $< $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/$<
+install: build
+	install -Dm755 zoomer $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/zoomer
 
 bear: clean
 	bear -- make
 
-run: zoomer 
+build: 
+	EMBED_SHADER=y $(MAKE) zoomer
+
+run: zoomer
 	./$<
diff --git a/tutils.h b/tutils.h
index 53173b1..0170e92 100644
--- a/tutils.h
+++ b/tutils.h
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ const char* pullArg(int *argc, char** argv[]){
 	return *argv[0]++;
 }
 
-const char *readFile(const char* filename){
+const char* readFile(const char* filename, long *size){
 	FILE *fd = fopen(filename, "r");
 	
 	fseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END);
-	long size = ftell(fd);
+	*size = ftell(fd);
 	rewind(fd);
 
-	char* ret = malloc(size+1);
-	fread(ret, sizeof(char), size, fd);
-	ret[size] = 0;
+	char* ret = malloc(*size+1);
+	fread(ret, sizeof(char), *size, fd);
+	ret[*size] = 0;
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/zoomer.c b/zoomer.c
index a7da014..4b5e17f 100644
--- a/zoomer.c
+++ b/zoomer.c
@@ -68,11 +68,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	GLuint vshader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER),
 		   fshader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
-	const char *vshadersrc = readFile("vshader.glsl"),
-			   *fshadersrc = readFile("fshader.glsl");
 
-	glShaderSource(vshader, 1, &vshadersrc, NULL);
-	glShaderSource(fshader, 1, &fshadersrc, NULL);
+#ifndef EMBED_SHADER
+	long vshader_glsl_len, fshader_glsl_len;
+	const char *vshadersrc = readFile("vshader.glsl", &vshader_glsl_len),
+			   *fshadersrc = readFile("fshader.glsl", &fshader_glsl_len);
+#else
+#include "vshader.h"
+#include "fshader.h"
+const char *vshadersrc = vshader_glsl,
+		   *fshadersrc = fshader_glsl;
+#endif
+
+	glShaderSource(vshader, 1, &vshadersrc, (int *)&vshader_glsl_len);
+	glShaderSource(fshader, 1, &fshadersrc, (int *)&fshader_glsl_len);
 
 	glCompileShader(vshader);
 	glCompileShader(fshader);