diff --git a/Brewfile b/Brewfile
index a59d46f3..ae830c81 100644
--- a/Brewfile
+++ b/Brewfile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+brew "git-crypt"
+brew "pre-commit"
+brew "make"
+brew "gcc@11"
 brew "poetry"
 brew "pyenv"
 brew "pyenv-virtualenv"
-brew "pre-commit"
-brew "make"
 brew "john-jumbo"
-brew "pkg-config"
-brew "poppler"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..981dce71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+setup:
+	# install brew dependencies
+	brew bundle
+
+	# install pdftotext dependencies
+	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt install build-essential libpoppler-cpp-dev pkg-config -y
+
+	# install poetry dependencies
+	poetry install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bd7e7fd..049d9e1b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ Install dependencies using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)
 brew bundle
 ```
 
-Create a virtual environment and install Python dependencies
+Install python dependencies
 ```bash
-pyenv virtualenv 3.11.4 monopoly
-pyenv shell monopoly
-poetry install
+make install
 ```
 
 ## Usage