diff --git a/2011/dlowe/try.sh b/2011/dlowe/try.sh
index add9107e1..5ba749b1e 100755
--- a/2011/dlowe/try.sh
+++ b/2011/dlowe/try.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - demonstrate IOCCC winner 2011/dlowe
+#
 
-make clobber dlowe || exit 1
+# make sure CC is set so that when we do make CC="$CC" it isn't empty. Doing it
+# this way allows us to have the user specify a different compiler in an easy
+# way.
+if [[ -z "$CC" ]]; then
+    CC="cc"
+fi
+
+# in this case we won't fail if we can't compile the code because we can still
+# run the supplementary program.
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
 
 ./dlowe dlowe.c < dlowe-aux-data/ioccc-winlose-trained.net
 ./dlowe dlowe < dlowe-aux-data/ioccc-winlose-trained.net