diff --git a/example/.gitignore b/example/.gitignore
index d174a82..f8a94ff 100644
--- a/example/.gitignore
+++ b/example/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 gebs
 a.out
+main
diff --git a/example/gebs.c b/example/gebs.c
index 963ad35..ba944d9 100644
--- a/example/gebs.c
+++ b/example/gebs.c
@@ -5,14 +5,9 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 {
     gebs_rebuild_self(argc, argv, "cc", "-o", "gebs", __FILE__);
 
-    Gebs_Cmd cmd = {0};
-    gebs_cmd_append(&cmd, "cc");
-    gebs_cmd_append(&cmd, "main.c");
-
-    int ec = gebs_cmd_run(&cmd);
-    printf("%d\n", ec);
-
-    gebs_cmd_free(&cmd);
-
+    if (GEBS_CMD("gcc", "-o", "main", "main.c") != 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/gebs.h b/gebs.h
index ce62f7a..a70f9a0 100644
--- a/gebs.h
+++ b/gebs.h
@@ -182,6 +182,17 @@ typedef Gebs_NString_List Gebs_Cmd;
 
 int gebs_cmd_run_sync_alloc(Gebs_Allocator *alloc, Gebs_Cmd *cmd);
 
+#define GEBS_CMD(...) \
+({ \
+    char *__args[] = { __VA_ARGS__ }; \
+    Gebs_Cmd __cmd = {0}; \
+    defer { gebs_cmd_free(&__cmd); } \
+    for (size_t __i = 0; __i < sizeof(__args)/sizeof(__args[0]); __i++) { \
+        gebs_cmd_append(&__cmd, __args[__i]); \
+    } \
+    gebs_cmd_run(&__cmd); \
+})
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // The build system
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------