diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 98556804b..e3badaa43 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# Use bash for shell
-SHELL := /bin/bash
-
 # Path and environment setup
 VENV := .venv
 VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH := $(VENV)/bin
@@ -16,7 +13,7 @@ NINJA := $(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH)/ninja
 # Build types and options
 BUILDTYPE_RELEASE := --buildtype release
 BUILDTYPE_DEBUG := --buildtype debug
-ENABLE_FLOAT := -Denable_float=true
+MESON_OPTIONS = -Denable_float=true
 
 # Directories
 LIBVMAF_DIR := libvmaf
@@ -24,31 +21,32 @@ BUILD_DIR := $(LIBVMAF_DIR)/build
 DEBUG_DIR := $(LIBVMAF_DIR)/debug
 
 .PHONY: default all debug build install cythonize clean distclean cythonize-deps
+.NOTPARALLEL: clean distclean
 
 default: build
 
 all: build debug install test cythonize
 
-$(BUILD_DIR): $(MESON) $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(MESON_SETUP) $(BUILD_DIR) $(LIBVMAF_DIR) $(BUILDTYPE_RELEASE) $(ENABLE_FLOAT)
+$(BUILD_DIR)/build.ninja: $(MESON) $(NINJA)
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(MESON_SETUP) $(BUILD_DIR) $(LIBVMAF_DIR) $(BUILDTYPE_RELEASE) $(MESON_OPTIONS)
 
-$(DEBUG_DIR): $(MESON) $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(MESON_SETUP) $(DEBUG_DIR) $(LIBVMAF_DIR) $(BUILDTYPE_DEBUG) $(ENABLE_FLOAT)
+$(DEBUG_DIR)/build.ninja: $(MESON) $(NINJA)
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(MESON_SETUP) $(DEBUG_DIR) $(LIBVMAF_DIR) $(BUILDTYPE_DEBUG) $(MESON_OPTIONS)
 
 cythonize: cythonize-deps
-	pushd python && ../$(VENV_PYTHON) setup.py build_ext --build-lib . && popd || exit 1
+	cd python && ../$(VENV_PYTHON) setup.py build_ext --build-lib .
 
-build: $(BUILD_DIR) $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR)
+build: $(BUILD_DIR)/build.ninja $(NINJA)
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR)
 
 test: build $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR) test
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR) test
 
-debug: $(DEBUG_DIR) $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(DEBUG_DIR)
+debug: $(DEBUG_DIR)/build.ninja $(NINJA)
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(DEBUG_DIR)
 
-install: $(BUILD_DIR) $(NINJA)
-	PATH="$(VENV)/bin:$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR) install
+install: $(BUILD_DIR)/build.ninja $(NINJA)
+	PATH="$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH):$$PATH" $(NINJA) -vC $(BUILD_DIR) install
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIR) $(DEBUG_DIR)
@@ -61,13 +59,13 @@ distclean: clean
 $(VENV_PIP):
 	@echo "Setting up the virtual environment..."
 	$(PYTHON_INTERPRETER) -m venv $(VENV) || { echo "Failed to create virtual environment"; exit 1; }
-	$(VENV_PIP) install --upgrade pip || { echo "Failed to upgrade pip"; exit 1; }
+	$(VENV_PYTHON) -m pip install --upgrade pip || { echo "Failed to upgrade pip"; exit 1; }
 	@echo "Virtual environment setup complete."
 
-$(MESON): $(VENV_PIP)
+$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH)/meson: $(VENV_PIP)
 	$(VENV_PIP) install meson || { echo "Failed to install meson"; exit 1; }
 
-$(NINJA): $(VENV_PIP)
+$(VIRTUAL_ENV_PATH)/ninja: $(VENV_PIP)
 	$(VENV_PIP) install ninja || { echo "Failed to install ninja"; exit 1; }
 
 cythonize-deps: $(VENV_PIP)