diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f87bae7..69202fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ LDFLAGS = -T $(shell find . -name "link.ld") -melf_i386 --sysroot=$(PWD)/sysroot
 
 AR = i686-elf-ar
 
+TERM_EXEC = kitty --hold sh -c
+
 c_kern_objects := $(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(shell find kernel/ -name "*.c"))
 asm_kern_objects := $(patsubst %.s,%.o,$(shell find kernel/ -name "*.s"))
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ os.iso: kernel.elf
 	grub-mkrescue -o $@ iso
 
 run: os.iso
-	kitty --hold sh -c "gdb kernel.elf -x util/gdbcmds" &
+	$(TERM_EXEC) "gdb kernel.elf -x util/gdbcmds" &
 	qemu-system-i386 -s -cdrom os.iso
 	
 #TODO: when i inevitably do add libc, this is going to fail because they have the same name as the libk objects
diff --git a/util/run-qemu.sh b/util/run-qemu.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8705a7d..0000000
--- a/util/run-qemu.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-qemu-system-i386 -s -cdrom os.iso & gdb kernel.elf -x=util/gdbcmds