diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1d74e21..3fce4e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 .vscode/
+
+*/Makefile
diff --git a/2023/Makefile b/2023/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d93ad8e..0000000
--- a/2023/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-MKDIR = mkdir
-
-LATEST_DAY := $(patsubst day%,%,$(lastword $(sort $(wildcard day[0-9]*))))
-
-ifeq ($(LATEST_DAY),)
-	NEW_DAY := 1
-else
-	NEW_DAY := $(shell echo $$(( $(LATEST_DAY) + 1 )) )
-endif
-
-
-all: create_day
-
-create_day:
-	$(MKDIR) "day$(NEW_DAY)"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f796384..3be4b53 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 MKDIR = mkdir
-CP    = cp
+LN    = ln -s
 
 LATEST_YEAR := $(lastword $(sort $(wildcard [0-9]*)))
+LATEST_DAY  := $(patsubst day%,%,$(lastword $(sort $(wildcard day[0-9]*))))
 
 ifeq ($(LATEST_YEAR),)
 	NEW_YEAR := $(shell date -u +%Y)
@@ -9,9 +10,21 @@ else
 	NEW_YEAR := $(shell echo $$(( $(LATEST_YEAR) + 1 )) )
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(LATEST_DAY),)
+	NEW_DAY := 1
+else
+	NEW_DAY := $(shell echo $$(( $(LATEST_DAY) + 1 )) )
+endif
 
-all: create_year
+
+all: $(if $(wildcard $(LATEST_YEAR)),create_year,create_day)
 
 create_year:
 	$(MKDIR) "$(NEW_YEAR)"
-	$(CP) "$(LATEST_YEAR)/Makefile" "$(NEW_YEAR)"
+	cd "$(NEW_YEAR)" && $(LN) "../Makefile" .
+
+create_day:
+	$(MKDIR) "day$(NEW_DAY)"
+
+recreate_makefile:
+	$(LN) "../Makefile" .