diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c6127b3..50d9c29 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,3 +50,6 @@ modules.order
 Module.symvers
 Mkfile.old
 dkms.conf
+
+# quadratic executable
+quadratic
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 4d3e330..1df5103 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 all:
-	gcc quadratic.c -lm -Wall -O3 -o "bin-quadratic.out"
+	gcc quadratic.c -lm -Wall -O3 -o "quadratic"