diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5600402..c5b5b79 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.0.11
 	github.com/ilyakaznacheev/cleanenv v1.5.0
 	github.com/madflojo/tasks v1.1.0
-	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdcdfe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+binary := "burningmoe"
+build_dir := "bin"
+cmd := "./cmd/web"
+output := "." / build_dir / binary
+
+# do the thing
+default: run
+
+# build binary
+build:
+	go build -o {{output}} {{cmd}}
+
+# run from source
+run:
+	go run {{cmd}}
+
+# build 'n run
+run-binary: build
+	exec {{output}}
+
+# run with args
+run-args args:
+	go run {{cmd}} {{args}}
+
+# install binary into $GOPATH
+install:
+	go install {{cmd}}
+
+# clean up after yourself
+clean:
+	rm {{output}}
+
+# run go tests
+test:
+	go test ./...
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5bf9480..0000000
--- a/magefile.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-//go:build mage
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
-)
-
-var (
-	binaryName string = "burningmoe"
-	buildDir   string = "bin"
-	cmd        string = fmt.Sprintf(".%[1]ccmd%[1]cweb", os.PathSeparator)
-	output     string = fmt.Sprintf(".%[1]c%[2]s%[1]c%[3]s", os.PathSeparator, buildDir, binaryName)
-)
-
-func Build() error {
-	fmt.Println("Building...")
-	return sh.Run("go", "build", "-o", output, cmd)
-}
-
-func Run() error {
-	fmt.Println("Running...")
-	return sh.Run("go", "run", cmd)
-}
-
-func RunBinary() error {
-	Build()
-	fmt.Println("Running binary...")
-	return sh.Run(output)
-}
-
-func Clean() error {
-	fmt.Println("Cleaning...")
-	return os.Remove(output)
-}