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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# ptprnt
+
+This is a rewrite of [ptouch-print](https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git) as a toy project for my personal amusement. The currently available solutions are good enough for generating labels, but i wanted to explore libusb and maybe improve the functionality of my label printer. All credits for reverse engineering the USB commands to Dominic Rademacher.
+
+## Dependencies
+This project requires:
+- spdlog
+- libusb
+- pango
+- cairo
+- meson
+- gtest (optional, for testing, will be installed by meson)
+- gcov (optional, for coverage reports)
+
+## Build
+
+Clone the repository and simply let meson do the heavy lifting.
+
+```bash
+meson setup builddir 
+```
+If you want to generate coverage reports, enable them via the command line switch
+```bash 
+meson setup builddir -Db_coverage=true
+```
+
+Rebuild by simply invoking ninja
+```bash
+ninja -C builddir
+```
+
+## Run
+Run the binary from your builddir
+```bash 
+builddir/ptprnt
+```
+
+## Test
+Testing is done via gtest. To run your test simply invoke ninja with the "test" target.
+```bash
+ninja -C builddir test   
+```
+
+Coverage reports can be generated via gcov if you enabled them (see Build section) by building the `coverage-text` target.
+
+## License
+
+GPLv3, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)
+
+## Author
+Moritz Martinius <moritz@admiralackbar.de>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 939045b..2323591 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('ptprnt', 'cpp',
-    version: 'v0.1.0-'+run_command('git', 'rev-parse',  '--short', 'HEAD').stdout().strip(),
+    version: 'v0.1.0-'+run_command('git', 'rev-parse',  '--short', 'HEAD', check: true).stdout().strip(),
     license: 'GPLv3',
-    default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17']
+    default_options : ['c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17']    
 )
 
 usb_dep = dependency('libusb-1.0')
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ ptprnt_lib = library('ptprnt',
 ptprnt_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: incdir,
                                 link_with: ptprnt_lib)
 
-ptprnt_debug_exe = executable(
+ptprnt_exe = executable(
     'ptprnt', 
     'src/main.cpp',
     install: true,
     dependencies : [usb_dep, log_dep, ptprnt_dep],
-    cpp_args : ['-DPROJ_VERSION="'+meson.project_version()+'"']
+    cpp_args : ['-DPROJ_VERSION="'+meson.project_version()+'"'],
 )