diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index efb27c4..39a02fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ default: tv_rename
 # using libc++ because libstdc++ has a bug in regex that causes seg fault with long lines
 
 tv_rename: functions.o tv_rename.cpp
-	clang++ $(CFLAGS) -stdlib=libc++ -o tv_rename tv_rename.cpp functions.o -lcurl -lc++experimental
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -stdlib=libc++ -o tv_rename tv_rename.cpp functions.o -lcurl -lc++experimental
 
 functions.o: functions.cpp
-	clang++ $(CFLAGS) -stdlib=libc++ -c functions.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -stdlib=libc++ -c functions.cpp