diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 406e282..597aa90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ Cargo.lock
 .vscode
 *.ui~
 *.gresource
+_build
+vendor/
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d53e255..bad76c9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
-# Optional: Install a C compiler, cmake and git into the container.
-# You will often need this when you (or any of your dependencies) depends on C code.
+stages:
+  # meson uses cargo to do the build
+  # so it's ok to have the tests first.
+  - test
+  # - build
+  - lint
+
 before_script:
 - apt-get update -yqq
 - apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends build-essential
 - apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends libgtk-3-dev
+# - apt-get install -yqq --no-install-recommends meson
 
 # kcov
 # - apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev libelf-dev libdw-dev cmake gcc binutils-dev libiberty-dev
@@ -11,30 +17,48 @@ before_script:
 # variables:
 #   RUSTFLAGS: "-C link-dead-code"
 
+# Currently doesnt work.
+# # Build with meson
+# build:stable:
+#   # Stable img
+#   # https://hub.docker.com/_/rust/
+#   image: "rust"
+#   script:
+#   - rustc --version && cargo --version
+#   - ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
+#   - make && sudo make install
+
+# build:nightly:
+#   # Nightly
+#   # https://hub.docker.com/r/rustlang/rust/
+#   image: "rustlang/rust:nightly"
+#   script:
+#   - rustc --version && cargo --version
+#   - ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
+#   - make && sudo make install
+
 test:stable:
   # Stable img
   # https://hub.docker.com/_/rust/
   image: "rust"
   script:
-  - rustc --version && cargo --version      # Print version info for debugging
+  - rustc --version && cargo --version
   - cargo build --all
   - cargo test --all --verbose
-  # - cargo test --all --verbose --jobs 1
 
 test:nightly:
   # Nightly
   # https://hub.docker.com/r/rustlang/rust/
   image: "rustlang/rust:nightly"
   script:
-  - rustc --version && cargo --version      # Print version info for debugging
+  - rustc --version && cargo --version
   - cargo build --all
   - cargo test --all --verbose
-  # - cargo test --all --verbose --jobs 1
   # - cargo bench
 
 # Configure and run rustfmt on nightly
 # Exits and builds fails if on bad format
-test:rustfmt:
+lint:rustfmt:
   image: "rustlang/rust:nightly"
   before_script:
   - apt-get update -yqq
@@ -48,7 +72,7 @@ test:rustfmt:
 
 # Configure and run clippy on nightly
 # Only fails on errors atm.
-test:clippy:
+lint:clippy:
   image: "rustlang/rust:nightly"
   before_script:
   - apt-get update -yqq
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index f0f0f8e..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Stolen from:
-# https://github.com/mmstick/tv-renamer/blob/3f9e274e1b2300209172d4b3c991e9e7952b7259/Makefile
-
-DESTDIR = /usr
-
-all:
-	cargo build --release
-
-install:
-	install -Dm 755 "target/release/hammond-gtk" "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond"
-	ln -sf "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond" "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	install -Dm 644 "assets/hammond.desktop" "${DESTDIR}/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	install -Dm 644 README.md "${DESTDIR}/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	install -Dm 644 LICENSE "${DESTDIR}/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
-
-tar:
-	install -Dm 755 "target/release/hammond-gtk" "hammond/bin/hammond"
-	ln -sf "hammond/bin/hammond" "hammond/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	install -Dm 644 "assets/hammond.desktop" "hammond/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	install -Dm 644 README.md "hammond/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	install -Dm 644 LICENSE "hammond/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
-	tar cf - "hammond" | xz -zf > "hammond_$(shell uname -m).tar.xz"
-	rm -rf hammond
-
-uninstall:
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/bin/hammond-gtk"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/applications/hammond.desktop"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/doc/hammond/README"
-	rm "${DESTDIR}/share/licenses/hammond/COPYING"
-
-clean:
-	cargo clean
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64aebf6..08f1285 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ cargo run -p hammond-gtk --release
 ```sh
 git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/alatiera/hammond.git
 cd Hammond/
+./configure --prefix=/usr/local
 make && sudo make install
 ```
 
diff --git a/assets/hammond.desktop b/assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop
similarity index 93%
rename from assets/hammond.desktop
rename to assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop
index 43942ca..829c093 100644
--- a/assets/hammond.desktop
+++ b/assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Name=Hammond
 GenericName=Podcast Client
 Comment=Play, Subscribe and Manage Podcast Feeds.
 Icon=multimedia-player
-Exec=hammond-gtk
+Exec=hammond
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 StartupNotify=true
diff --git a/configure b/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6795f73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+# Adapted from:
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/danigm/libgepub/blob/27f0d374e0c8f6fa972dbd111d4ce0c0f3096914/configure_meson
+
+#!/bin/bash
+# configure script adapter for Meson
+# Based on build-api: https://github.com/cgwalters/build-api
+# Copyright 2010, 2011, 2013 Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
+# Copyright 2016, 2017 Emmanuele Bassi
+# Copyright 2017 Iñigo Martínez <inigomartinez@gmail.com>
+# Licensed under the new-BSD license (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php)
+
+# Build API variables:
+
+# Little helper function for reading args from the commandline.
+# it automatically handles -a b and -a=b variants, and returns 1 if
+# we need to shift $3.
+read_arg() {
+    # $1 = arg name
+    # $2 = arg value
+    # $3 = arg parameter
+    local rematch='^[^=]*=(.*)$'
+    if [[ $2 =~ $rematch ]]; then
+        read "$1" <<< "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+    else
+        read "$1" <<< "$3"
+        # There is no way to shift our callers args, so
+        # return 1 to indicate they should do it instead.
+        return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+sanitycheck() {
+    # $1 = arg name
+    # $1 = arg command
+    # $2 = arg alternates
+    local cmd=$( which $2 2>/dev/null )
+
+    if [ -x "$cmd" ]; then
+        read "$1" <<< "$cmd"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    test -z $3 || {
+        for alt in $3; do
+            cmd=$( which $alt 2>/dev/null )
+
+            if [ -x "$cmd" ]; then
+                read "$1" <<< "$cmd"
+                return 0
+            fi
+        done
+    }
+
+    echo -e "\e[1;31mERROR\e[0m: Command '$2' not found"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+checkoption() {
+    # $1 = arg
+    option="${1#*--}"
+    action="${option%%-*}"
+    name="${option#*-}"
+    if [ ${default_options[$name]+_} ]; then
+        case "$action" in
+            enable) meson_options[$name]=true;;
+            disable) meson_options[$name]=false;;
+            *) echo -e "\e[1;33mINFO\e[0m: Ignoring unknown action '$action'";;
+        esac
+    else
+        echo -e "\e[1;33mINFO\e[0m: Ignoring unknown option '$option'"
+    fi
+}
+
+echooption() {
+    # $1 = option
+    if [ ${meson_options[$1]+_} ]; then
+        echo ${meson_options[$1]}
+    elif [ ${default_options[$1]+_} ]; then
+        echo ${default_options[$1]}
+    fi
+}
+
+sanitycheck MESON 'meson'
+sanitycheck MESONTEST 'mesontest'
+sanitycheck NINJA 'ninja' 'ninja-build'
+
+declare -A meson_options
+
+while (($# > 0)); do
+    case "${1%%=*}" in
+        --prefix) read_arg prefix "$@" || shift;;
+        --bindir) read_arg bindir "$@" || shift;;
+        --sbindir) read_arg sbindir "$@" || shift;;
+        --libexecdir) read_arg libexecdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --datarootdir) read_arg datarootdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --datadir) read_arg datadir "$@" || shift;;
+        --sysconfdir) read_arg sysconfdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --libdir) read_arg libdir "$@" || shift;;
+        --mandir) read_arg mandir "$@" || shift;;
+        --includedir) read_arg includedir "$@" || shift;;
+        *) checkoption $1;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+# Defaults
+test -z ${prefix} && prefix="/usr/local"
+test -z ${bindir} && bindir=${prefix}/bin
+test -z ${sbindir} && sbindir=${prefix}/sbin
+test -z ${libexecdir} && libexecdir=${prefix}/bin
+test -z ${datarootdir} && datarootdir=${prefix}/share
+test -z ${datadir} && datadir=${datarootdir}
+test -z ${sysconfdir} && sysconfdir=${prefix}/etc
+test -z ${libdir} && libdir=${prefix}/lib
+test -z ${mandir} && mandir=${prefix}/share/man
+test -z ${includedir} && includedir=${prefix}/include
+
+# The source directory is the location of this file
+srcdir=$(dirname $0)
+
+# The build directory is the current location
+builddir=`pwd`
+
+# If we're calling this file from the source directory then
+# we automatically create a build directory and ensure that
+# both Meson and Ninja invocations are relative to that
+# location
+if [[ -f "${builddir}/meson.build" ]]; then
+    mkdir -p _build
+    builddir="${builddir}/_build"
+    NINJA_OPT="-C ${builddir}"
+fi
+
+# Wrapper Makefile for Ninja
+cat > Makefile <<END
+# Generated by configure; do not edit
+
+all:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT}
+
+install:
+	DESTDIR="\$(DESTDIR)" ${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} install
+
+uninstall:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} uninstall
+
+release:
+	${NINJA} ${NINJA_OPT} release
+
+check:
+	${MESONTEST} ${NINJA_OPT}
+END
+
+echo "
+
+        hammond
+        =======
+
+        meson:         ${MESON}
+        ninja:         ${NINJA}
+        prefix:        ${prefix}
+
+        Now type 'make' to build
+"
+
+cmd_options=""
+for key in "${!meson_options[@]}"; do
+    cmd_options="$cmd_options -Denable-$key=${meson_options[$key]}"
+done
+
+exec ${MESON} \
+    --prefix=${prefix} \
+    --libdir=${libdir} \
+    --libexecdir=${libexecdir} \
+    --datadir=${datadir} \
+    --sysconfdir=${sysconfdir} \
+    --bindir=${bindir} \
+    --includedir=${includedir} \
+    --mandir=${mandir} \
+    ${cmd_options} \
+    ${builddir} \
+    ${srcdir}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0f4be9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Adatped from:
+# https://gitlab.gnome.org/danigm/fractal/blob/6e2911f9d2353c99a18a6c19fab7f903c4bbb431/meson.build
+
+project(
+  'hammond', 'rust',
+  version: '0.1.0',
+  license: 'GPLv3',
+)
+
+hammond_version = meson.project_version()
+version_array = hammond_version.split('.')
+hammond_major_version = version_array[0].to_int()
+hammond_minor_version = version_array[1].to_int()
+hammond_version_micro = version_array[2].to_int()
+
+hammond_prefix = get_option('prefix')
+hammond_bindir = join_paths(hammond_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
+
+install_data('assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop', install_dir : get_option('datadir') + '/applications')
+
+cargo = find_program('cargo', required: false)
+gresource = find_program('glib-compile-resources', required: false)
+cargo_vendor = find_program('cargo-vendor', required: false)
+cargo_script = find_program('scripts/cargo.sh')
+
+cargo_release = custom_target('cargo-build',
+                        build_by_default: true,
+                        output: ['hammond'],
+                        install: true,
+                        install_dir: hammond_bindir,
+                        command: [cargo_script, '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+
+run_target('release', command: ['scripts/release.sh',
+                                meson.project_name() + '-' + hammond_version
+                               ],
+                                depends: [cargo_release])
diff --git a/scripts/cargo.sh b/scripts/cargo.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..aa3ac5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cargo.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cargo build --release && cp $1/target/release/hammond-gtk $2
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9715f8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+VERSION=$1
+DEST=${MESON_BUILD_ROOT}
+DIST=$DEST/dist/$VERSION
+
+
+cd "${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}"
+mkdir -p $DIST
+
+# copying files
+cp -rf hammond-data $DIST
+cp -rf hammond-gtk $DIST
+cp -rf hammond-downloader $DIST
+cp build.rs $DIST
+cp Cargo.toml $DIST
+cp configure $DIST
+cp meson.build $DIST
+cp Hammond.doap $DIST
+cp LICENSE $DIST
+cp README.md $DIST
+# cp -rf assets/org.gnome.Hammond.desktop $DIST
+cp -rf assets $DIST
+cp -rf scripts $DIST
+
+# cargo vendor
+cargo vendor
+mkdir $DIST/.cargo
+cat <<EOF > $DIST/.cargo/config
+[source.crates-io]
+replace-with = "vendored-sources"
+
+[source.vendored-sources]
+directory = "vendor"
+EOF
+cp -rf vendor $DIST/
+
+# packaging
+cd $DEST/dist
+tar -czvf $VERSION.tar.gz $VERSION
+