diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aac3a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Makefile for APRS module
+
+define HELPBODY
+Available commands:
+
+	make help       - this thing.
+	make init       - install python dependancies
+	make test       - run tests and coverage
+	make pylint     - code analysis
+endef
+
+export HELPBODY
+help:
+	@echo "$$HELPBODY"
+
+init:
+	pip install -r req.txt
+
+test:
+	nosetests --verbosity 2 --with-coverage
+
+pylint:
+	pylint -r n -f colorized aprs
diff --git a/aprs/version.py b/aprs/version.py
index 085bc85..6300a70 100644
--- a/aprs/version.py
+++ b/aprs/version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.6.8'
+__version__ = '0.6.9'
diff --git a/req.txt b/req.txt
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+++ b/req.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pyline
+nose
+coverage
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
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index 698324f..0000000
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-python -m unittest discover -v -s tests