diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de35e106..93ba48e6 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Currently, only the US 1.0 version of the game is supported. US 1.1, EU 1.0, EU
 ## Setup / Building
 1. Install the dependencies
 2. Place the ROM file within the `baseroms` directory.  
-    **a.** Any DKR ROM should work as long as it is US 1.0, and it ends with one of these extensions: `.z64`, `.v64`, `.n64`, or `.rom`.
-    **b.** The name of the ROM file does not matter. It will be detected automatically from an md5 checksum.  
+    **a.** Any DKR ROM should work as long as it is US 1.0.  
+    **b.** The name of the ROM file does not matter, but it must end with one of these extensions: `.z64`, `.v64`, `.n64`, or `.rom`. It will be detected automatically from an md5 checksum.  
     **c.** If you use a byte-swapped or little-endian ROM, then it will automatically be converted to a big-endian (.z64) ROM file.  
 3. Run `make` in the main directory.  
     **a.** Use the `-jN` argument to use `N` number of threads to speed up building. For example, if you have a system with 4 cores / 4 threads, you should do `make -j4`.
diff --git a/tools/ido-static-recomp/.gitignore b/tools/ido-static-recomp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65a2b502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ido-static-recomp/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+recomp
+cc 
+cfe 
+uopt 
+ugen 
+as1 
+err.english.cc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/ido-static-recomp/Makefile b/tools/ido-static-recomp/Makefile
index a1b04bd7..f13976d7 100644
--- a/tools/ido-static-recomp/Makefile
+++ b/tools/ido-static-recomp/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ OUT := ../ido5.3_recomp
 CXX := g++
 GCC := gcc
 
+DUMMY != echo "Statically recompiling IDO 5.3. This might take a while." >&2 || echo FAIL
 DUMMY != mkdir -p $(OUT) >&2 || echo FAIL
 
 cc: OPT_CFLAGS := -O2
diff --git a/tools/ido-static-recomp/recomp b/tools/ido-static-recomp/recomp
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index 79b2f2f5..00000000
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