diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ecdef69..0403ab2c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,46 @@
-TARGETNAME=rufus
+#
+# This file is part of the Rufus project.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2011 Pete Batard <pbatard@akeo.ie>
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+# the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
 
-CC     = gcc
-RC     = windres
-STRIP  = strip
-CFLAGS = -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wundef -Wunused -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-pointer-sign -Wshadow -O2 -Wl,--subsystem,windows -DWINVER=0x501 -D_WIN32_IE=0x501
-LIBS   = -lsetupapi -lole32 -lgdi32
+OBJECTS   = fat12.o fat16.o fat32.o br.o file.o msdos.o stdlg.o rufus.o  
+TARGET    = rufus
 
-RUFUS_SRC = rufus.c stdlg.c msdos.c file.c br.c fat12.c fat16.c fat32.c
+CC        = gcc
+RC        = windres
+STRIP     = strip
+CFLAGS    = -DWINVER=0x501 -D_WIN32_IE=0x501 -I./inc -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wundef -Wunused -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror-implicit-function-declaration -Wno-pointer-sign -Wshadow
+LDFLAGS   = -O2 -Wall -Wl,--subsystem,windows
+LIBS      = -lsetupapi -lole32 -lgdi32
 
-.PHONY: all clean
+.PHONY: all clean 
 
-all: $(TARGETNAME)
+all: $(TARGET)
 
-$(TARGETNAME): $(RUFUS_SRC) $(TARGETNAME)_rc.o
+$(TARGET): $(OBJECTS) $(TARGET)_rc.o
 	@echo "[CCLD]  $@"
-	@$(CC) -I./inc -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $^ $(TARGETNAME)_rc.o $(LIBS)
-	@$(STRIP) $(TARGETNAME).exe
+	@$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(TARGET)_rc.o $(LIBS)
+	@$(STRIP) $(TARGET).exe
 
-$(TARGETNAME)_rc.o: $(TARGETNAME).rc
+%.o: %.c
+	@echo "[CC]    $@"
+	@$(CC) -c -o $*.o $(CFLAGS) $<
+
+%_rc.o: %.rc
 	@echo "[RC]    $@"
 	@$(RC) -i $< -o $@
 
diff --git a/_post-commit.sh b/_post-commit.sh
index 21dfc311..fefd21eb 100644
--- a/_post-commit.sh
+++ b/_post-commit.sh
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 
 type -P git &>/dev/null || { echo "git command not found. Aborting." >&2; exit 1; }
 
-TAGVER=`cat .tag`
+TAGVER=`cat ./.tag`
 git tag "#$TAGVER"
+rm ./.tag
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rufus.rc b/rufus.rc
index 8e2236a4..90c28f9f 100644
--- a/rufus.rc
+++ b/rufus.rc
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ BEGIN
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,231,175,50,14,WS_GROUP
     CONTROL         "<a href=""https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/wiki/Rufus"">https://github.com/pbatard/rufus</a>",IDC_ABOUT_RUFUS_URL,
                     "SysLink",WS_TABSTOP,46,47,114,9
-    LTEXT           "Version 1.0.0 (Build 52)",IDC_STATIC,46,19,78,8
+    LTEXT           "Version 1.0.0 (Build 53)",IDC_STATIC,46,19,78,8
     PUSHBUTTON      "License...",IDC_ABOUT_LICENSE,46,175,50,14,WS_GROUP
     EDITTEXT        IDC_ABOUT_COPYRIGHTS,46,107,235,63,ES_MULTILINE | ES_READONLY | WS_VSCROLL
     LTEXT           "Report bugs or request enhancements at:",IDC_STATIC,46,66,187,8
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ END
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,0,0,52
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,52
+ FILEVERSION 1,0,0,53
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,53
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "akeo.ie"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.52"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0.0.53"
             VALUE "InternalName", "Rufus"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© 2011 Pete Batard (GPL v3)"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rufus.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "Rufus"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.52"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0.0.53"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ IDI_ICON                ICON                    "rufus.ico"
 
 STRINGTABLE
 BEGIN
-    IDS_VERSION             "Rufus v1.0.0.52"
+    IDS_VERSION             "Rufus v1.0.0.53"
 END
 
 #endif    // English resources