diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd1cedf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.qmk_home/
+compile_commands.json
+keyboardeeroy_jenkins_default.uf2
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a2f84c6..dac8153 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@ KB_NAME="keyboardeeroy_jenkins"
 ln -sfn "$SCRIPT_DIR/keyboards/$KB_NAME" \
         "$SCRIPT_DIR/qmk_firmware/keyboards/$KB_NAME"
 
-make -C "$SCRIPT_DIR/qmk_firmware" "$KB_NAME:default"
+# Isolate qmk config to this project
+export HOME="$SCRIPT_DIR/.qmk_home"
+mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/qmk"
+qmk config user.qmk_home="$SCRIPT_DIR/qmk_firmware"
+qmk config user.overlay_dir="$SCRIPT_DIR"
+
+# Build and generate compile_commands.json
+qmk compile --compiledb -kb "$KB_NAME" -km default