diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3be0338..ecd3ba8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,17 @@ MAKEFLAGS += --no-builtin-rules
 LATEX_CMD = lualatex --halt-on-error --synctex=1 --output-directory=out
 
 
-.PHONY: clean clean_fonts
+.PHONY: clean clean_fonts basics
 
 fonts/sentinel:
 	mkdir -p fonts
 	fc-list | grep -E 'Lato-|DejaVu' | grep -v -- "-minimal" | cut -d : -f 1 | xargs -I{} bash -c 'ln -s {} fonts/$$(basename {})'
 	touch fonts/sentinel
 
-base.pdf: base.tex cv_base.cls fonts/sentinel
+basics: fonts/sentinel
+	mkdir -p out
+
+base.pdf: base.tex cv_base.cls basics
 	${LATEX_CMD} base.tex
 
 clean:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cf66f34..574f037 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 
 This repo tries to provide a uniform CV and cover letter document class (and template)
 
+## Requirements
+
+You need lato and DejaVu Sans Extra installed on your system. On ubuntu, you need the packages `tf-dejavu-extra` and `fonts-lato` installed.
 
 
diff --git a/cv_base.cls b/cv_base.cls
index a663641..18b53b3 100644
--- a/cv_base.cls
+++ b/cv_base.cls
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 % Set main fonts
 \usepackage{fontspec}
 \setmainfont[Color=2b2b2b, Path = fonts/,BoldItalicFont=Lato-Italic,BoldFont=Lato-Regular,ItalicFont=Lato-LightItalic]{Lato-Light}
-\setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Ligatures=TeX, Path = fonts/]{DeJaVuSans-ExtraLight}
+\setsansfont[Scale=MatchLowercase,Ligatures=TeX, Path = fonts/]{DejaVuSans-ExtraLight}
 
 % link styling and helpers
 \RequirePackage[dvipsnames]{xcolor}