diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
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index 0000000..70c99cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TODO
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The following is a list of this that need to be done.
+
+Urgent:
+  - Fix the segfault at Makefile
diff --git a/c-out/bin/yait b/c-out/bin/yait
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diff --git a/c-out/obj/main.o b/c-out/obj/main.o
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diff --git a/config.mak b/config.mak
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/config.mak
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+PREFIX=/usr/bin/
+CFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -g
+LDFLAGS=
+CC=gcc
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6222641..b75b922 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ trycc cc
 trycc clang
 printf "%s\n" "$CC"
 
-printf "checking for xxd... "
-trycc xxd
-
 printf "checking weather C compiler works... "
 status="fail"
 tmpc="$(mktemp -d)/test.c"
diff --git a/yait/main.c b/yait/main.c
index ba95230..338ba01 100644
--- a/yait/main.c
+++ b/yait/main.c
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ create_project (format_t fmt)
   create_file_with_content (
       "configure",
       configure_template);
+  int status = system("chmod +x configure");
+  if (status)
+    {
+      printfn ("error: %s", strerror (status));
+      return status;
+    }
   // Create a safe uppercase version of the project name for Makefile variables
   char *mkfile_name = strdup (fmt.project);
   if (!mkfile_name)