diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ce5d00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function build() {
+    cd gdextension || exit
+    scons -j 12
+    return 1
+}
+
+function build_db() {
+    cd gdextension || exit
+    scons --clean
+    bear -- scons -j 12
+    ln -s compile_commands.json ../
+    return 1
+}
+
+while getopts "bdh:" flag; do
+    case "$flag" in
+        d) build_db ;;
+        b) build ;;
+        h) echo "Use -b for build or -d for generating a compile_commands.json" ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "script usage: $(basename \$0) [-b] [-d] [-h]" >&2
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
diff --git a/buildGDExtension.sh b/buildGDExtension.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 224640a..0000000
--- a/buildGDExtension.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cd gdextension || exit
-scons -j 12