diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6f01c7b4..7e03a95f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PROJECT_NAME=nostalgia
 VCPKG_VERSION=2020.06
-include deps/buildcore/base.mk
+BUILDCORE_PATH=deps/buildcore
+include ${BUILDCORE_PATH}/base.mk
 
 ifeq ($(OS),darwin)
 	NOSTALGIA_STUDIO=./dist/${CURRENT_BUILD}/nostalgia-studio.app/Contents/MacOS/nostalgia-studio
diff --git a/deps/buildcore/.gitignore b/deps/buildcore/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..784af779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/buildcore/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+scripts/__pycache__
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+Session.vim
+graph_info.json
diff --git a/deps/buildcore/base.mk b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
index 3fd66538..c733693d 100644
--- a/deps/buildcore/base.mk
+++ b/deps/buildcore/base.mk
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ else
 	HOST_ENV=${OS}-$(shell uname -m)
 endif
 
-SCRIPTS=scripts
-SETUP_BUILD=python3 ./${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
+SCRIPTS=${BUILDCORE_PATH}/scripts
+SETUP_BUILD=python3 ${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
 PYBB=python3 ${SCRIPTS}/pybb.py
 CMAKE_BUILD=${PYBB} cmake-build
 RM_RF=${PYBB} rm
-SETUP_BUILD=python3 ./${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
+SETUP_BUILD=python3 ${SCRIPTS}/setup-build.py
 PYBB=python3 ${SCRIPTS}/pybb.py
 CMAKE_BUILD=${PYBB} cmake-build
 RM_RF=${PYBB} rm
diff --git a/scripts/pybb.py b/deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/pybb.py
rename to deps/buildcore/scripts/pybb.py
diff --git a/scripts/setup-build.py b/deps/buildcore/scripts/setup-build.py
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/setup-build.py
rename to deps/buildcore/scripts/setup-build.py