diff --git a/compiler/Makefile b/Makefile
similarity index 53%
rename from compiler/Makefile
rename to Makefile
index 93b34c06ac..28facc734d 100644
--- a/compiler/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ all: clean v
 
 v: v.c
 	cc -std=gnu11 -w -o v v.c
-	./v -o v .
+	./v -o v compiler 
+	rm v.c 
+	echo "V has been successfully built" 
 
 v.c:
 	curl -Os https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlang/vc/master/v.c
 
 test: v
 	./v -prod -o vprod . # Test prod build 
-	find .. -name '*_test.v' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 ./v
+	echo "Running V tests..." 
+	find . -name '*_test.v' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 ./v
 	echo "Building V examples..." 
-	find ../examples -name '*.v' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 ./v
+	find examples -name '*.v' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 ./v
 
 clean:
 	-rm -f v.c v vprod 
diff --git a/compiler/main.v b/compiler/main.v
index 165c7d2206..869cf09c1b 100644
--- a/compiler/main.v
+++ b/compiler/main.v
@@ -788,22 +788,13 @@ fn new_v(args[]string) *V {
 		println('Looks like you are running V for the first time.')
 		// The parent directory should contain vlib if V is run
 		// from "v/compiler"
-		cur_dir := os.getwd()
-		lang_dir = cur_dir.all_before_last('/')
+		lang_dir = os.getwd() 
 		if os.dir_exists('$lang_dir/vlib/builtin') {
 			println('Setting VROOT to "$lang_dir".')
 			os.write_file(TmpPath + '/VROOT', lang_dir)
 		} else {
-			println('V repo not found. Cloning...') 
-			exit(1) 
-			os.mv('v', 'v.bin') 
-			os.exec('git clone https://github.com/vlang/v') 
-			if !os.dir_exists('v') {
-				println('failed to clone github.com/vlang/v') 
-				exit(1) 
-			} 
-			os.mv('v.bin', 'v/compiler/v') 
-			println('Re-launch V from v/compiler') 
+			println('V repo not found. Go to https://vlang.io to download V.zip or') 
+			println('or install V from source.') 
 			exit(1) 
 		}
 	}