diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98ea8a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+.PHONY: help dev test clean
+
+default: help
+
+help:
+	@echo 'Makefile for the project'
+	@echo
+	@echo 'Usage:'
+	@echo '    make dev        install the packages in development mode'
+	@echo '    make lint       run linter'
+	@echo '    make test       run tests'
+	@echo '    make clean      clean all auxiliary files, build and test compiled files'
+	@echo
+
+dev:
+	# install the package in development mode
+	python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+	pip install -e .[dev]
+
+test:
+	# run unit tests and generate coverage report
+	python -m pytest tests/ -vv --cov=. --cov-report=html --cov-report=term-missing --junitxml=junit/coverage-results.xml
+
+clean:
+	# clean all auxiliary files, build and test compiled files
+	@rm -rf .pytest_cache/ */.pytest_cache/ junit/ build/ dist/ htmlcov/ .coverage
+	@find . -not -path './.venv*' -path '*/__pycache__*' -delete
+	@find . -not -path './.venv*' -path '*/*.egg-info*' -delete
diff --git a/imdb_rating_classifier/generate.py b/imdb_rating_classifier/generate.py
index a8c613b..6ebbd0c 100644
--- a/imdb_rating_classifier/generate.py
+++ b/imdb_rating_classifier/generate.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def main(ctx: click.Context) -> None:
 @click.option(
     '--output',
     type=click.Path(exists=False, file_okay=True, dir_okay=False),
-    default=f'{BASE_DIR}/data/movies.csv',
+    default='movies.csv',
     help='The path to the output file.',
 )
 @click.option(