diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 0b27b12..cb9b6fb 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -3,22 +3,21 @@
 CC=gcc
 CFLAGS=-Wall -g
 OBJS=text.o page.o line.o prompt.o
+HEADERS=$(subst .o,.h,$(OBJS)) # text.h page.h ...
 LIBS=-lncurses
 
 text: $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o text $(OBJS) $(LIBS)
 
-text.o:	text.c text.h page.h line.h prompt.h
+text.o:	text.c $(HEADERS)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c text.c
 	
 page.o: page.c page.h line.h
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c page.c
-	
-line.o: line.c line.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c line.c
 
-prompt.o: prompt.c prompt.h
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c prompt.c
+# '$<' expands to first prerequisite file
+%.o: %.c %.h
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@ 
 	
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJS) text