diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca525d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# List of all .templ files
+TEMPL_FILES := $(wildcard *.templ)
+
+# Name of the generated file(s) from templ
+GENERATED_FILES := $(TEMPL_FILES:.templ=_templ.go) 
+
+# Generate Go files from .templ files only if they have changed
+$(GENERATED_FILES): $(TEMPL_FILES)
+	templ generate
+
+# Run task depends on the generated files
+run: $(GENERATED_FILES)
+	go run .
+
+# this uses wgo to re-execute 'make run'
+# which will toggle templ generate, when needed
+# and then do `go run .` to rebuild all else
+.PHONY: run/live
+run/live:
+	wgo -verbose -file=.go -file=.templ make run
diff --git a/hello.templ b/hello.templ
index 5df3590..644efd9 100644
--- a/hello.templ
+++ b/hello.templ
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 package main
 
+var myVar string = "some string, changed. and more"
+var anotherVar string = "hoho, cool"
+
 templ hello(name string) {
-      <div>Hello, {name}</div>
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	<div>Hello, {name}. referencing var: {myVar}</div>
+}
+
+