diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 26c2b6c5e336277e81151fcd74ac2be07fde203d..755aa68f03a30361a954cb1bfbf823ba9fa604ae 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-zig-cache
 .zig-cache
 zig-out
-/.zigmod
-/deps.zig
+.zigmod
+deps.zig
+files.zig
 zigmod.lock
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 37f4a6db429649571d815104be1d39e333c071d3..413156b3c79f2166d14b9713ab938f64e7acb17a 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
 
-pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
+    const mode = b.option(std.builtin.Mode, "mode", "") orelse .Debug;
 
-    const mode = b.standardReleaseOptions();
-
-    const exe = b.addExecutable("zig-inquirer", "src/main.zig");
-    exe.setTarget(target);
-    exe.setBuildMode(mode);
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "zig-inquirer",
+        .root_source_file = b.path("src/main.zig"),
+        .target = target,
+        .optimize = mode,
+    });
     deps.addAllTo(exe);
-    exe.install();
+    b.installArtifact(exe);
 
-    const run_cmd = exe.run();
+    const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
     if (b.args) |args| {
         run_cmd.addArgs(args);