diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a3a6e469..39dfc5a3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -65,4 +65,5 @@ result
 # Project bits
 mt-typhon
 rpython/
-pypy-*
+# This comes from build.sh for non-nix users
+pypy*bz2
diff --git a/bake.sh b/bake.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..afea9100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+TYPHON_LOCATION=$1
+MT_TYPHON=./$TYPHON_LOCATION/mt-typhon
+TYPHON_LIBS="-l $TYPHON_LOCATION/boot -l $TYPHON_LOCATION -l ."
+TYPHON_BAKER="$TYPHON_LOCATION/loader run montec -mix"
+SOURCE=$2
+
+$MT_TYPHON $TYPHON_LIBS $TYPHON_BAKER "$SOURCE" "${SOURCE%.mt}.mast"
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0cc2033c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+TYPHON_LOCATION=$1
+MT_TYPHON=$TYPHON_LOCATION/mt-typhon
+TYPHON_LIBS="-l $TYPHON_LOCATION -l $TYPHON_LOCATION/mast -l ."
+TYPHON_RUNNER="$TYPHON_LOCATION/loader run"
+MODULE=$2
+
+$MT_TYPHON $TYPHON_LIBS $TYPHON_RUNNER "$MODULE"