diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index cef6851..158cf6d 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ Makefile
 .vscode
 ^build$
 ^check$
+^CRAN-SUBMISSION$
+^cran-comments\.md$
+
diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d93bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Version: 0.1.0
+Date: 2023-12-15 21:34:33 UTC
+SHA: d80126cdb5bbba2e96d08ddcb882e2c1232a2a80
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ad05d9..4d50c67 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ build :
 
 check : build
 	mkdir -p check
-	cd check && R CMD check ../build/*.tar.gz
+	cd check && R CMD check --as-cran ../build/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..858617d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## R CMD check results
+
+0 errors | 0 warnings | 1 note
+
+* This is a new release.