diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7241f6..8c86e89 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ write by hand). "Where other build systems are high-level languages Ninja aims
 to be an assembler," according to Ninja's website. It can be thought of as a
 simpler, faster replacement for the classic `make`. It is used by default by
 Meson; CMake can also be configured to use ninja as a backend.
+
+## Building
+Build: `cargo build --release`
+Install: `sudo sh install.sh`
+Uninstall: `sudo sh uninstall.sh`
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 86ec2b0..04a3e0c 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-cargo build --release
-cp target/release/ngen ~/.local/bin
+cp target/release/ngen /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/uninstall.sh b/uninstall.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..471f56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/uninstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rm /usr/local/bin/ngen