diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8662f1..bbb26b9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .cache
 .build
+cmake-build
 vendor/vulkan
 compile_commands.json
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92f4910..0758f20 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
 # Window/Renderer Test
 
-A window and a custom renderer implementation using wrappers around SDL3 and Vulkan with ability to add support for other APIs
+A window and a custom renderer implementation using wrappers around SDL3 and Vulkan with ability to add support for other APIs.
+
+## Building
+
+Run the following commands to build the code
+
+```console
+cmake -S . -B cmake-build && cmake --build cmake-build
+```
+
+Then run using the following command
+
+```console
+cd cmake-build && ./main && cd ../
+```