diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+TARGET = ArduinoIO
+# The C source files
+SRC = 
+# The C++ source files
+PSRC += main.cpp $(wildcard helper/*.cpp) 
+PSRC += arduino_core/ArduinoCore-avr/libraries/SPI/src/SPI.cpp
+# extra Arduino libraries
+ARDLIBS = 				
+
+# this line includes the Makefile.base
+include arduino_core/arduino-base.mk
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
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--- a/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-TARGET = ArduinoIO
-SRC =   									# the C source files
-PSRC = main.cpp $(wildcard helper/*.cpp) arduino_core/ArduinoCore-avr/libraries/SPI/src/SPI.cpp							# the C++ source files
-ARDLIBS = 						# extra Arduino libraries
-include arduino_core/arduino-base.mk 		# this line includes the Makefile.base