diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c5db62f..0a92cde 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 DEST ?= axs@sdf.org:html
 SITE_URL ?= https://axs.sdf.org
 
-.PHONY: default help publish
+.PHONY: default help publish build
 
-build: #>
-	@echo "\t 🏗️ Building site"
-	@# We call hugo with two options:
-	@#  --cleanDestinationDir, to remove deleted files
-	@#  --minify, to compress files my removing extra whitespace
-	hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify
+default: build
+
+build: .build_sentinel #>
 
 publish: build #> Publish site
 	@echo "Publishing..."
@@ -36,3 +33,11 @@ publish: build #> Publish site
 	@ssh axs@sdf.org 'mkhomepg -p'
 	@echo "✓ Publising complete"
 	@echo "\nThe site should be available on ${SITE_URL}"
+
+.build_sentinel: $(wildcard content/*/*)
+	@echo "\t 🏗️ Building site"
+	@# We call hugo with two options:
+	@#  --cleanDestinationDir, to remove deleted files
+	@#  --minify, to compress files my removing extra whitespace
+	hugo --cleanDestinationDir --minify
+	@touch $@