diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index cbba03f..1b3fc0d 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -5,24 +5,20 @@ BLOG_HTML ::= $(BLOG:%.md=$(BUILD_DIR)/%.html)
 
 PYTHON ::= venv/bin/python
 
-.PHONY: clean public
+.PHONY: all clean public
 
 all: $(BUILD_DIR)/index.html $(BUILD_DIR)/syntax.css public $(BLOG_HTML)
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/index.html: index.html $(BLOG) do_blog.py $(BUILD_DIR)
+$(BUILD_DIR)/index.html: index.html $(BLOG) do_blog.py
+	@mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
 	$(PYTHON) do_blog.py --index "$<" "$@"
 
-$(BUILD_DIR)/blog/%.html: blog/%.md blog.html do_blog.py $(BUILD_DIR)/blog
+$(BUILD_DIR)/blog/%.html: blog/%.md blog.html do_blog.py
+	@mkdir -p "$(dir $@)"
 	$(PYTHON) do_blog.py "$<" "$@"
 
-$(BUILD_DIR):
-	mkdir -p "$@"
-
-$(BUILD_DIR)/blog:
-	mkdir -p "$@"
-
 $(BUILD_DIR)/syntax.css: makefile
-	pygmentize -S rainbow_dash -f html > "$@"
+	$(PYTHON) -m pygments -S rainbow_dash -f html > "$@"
 
 public:
 	cp -rt "$(BUILD_DIR)" public/.