diff --git a/1995/esde/try.sh b/1995/esde/try.sh
index f8e63399d..e64239021 100755
--- a/1995/esde/try.sh
+++ b/1995/esde/try.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# try.sh - show IOCCC winner 1995/esde
+#
 
-make all >/dev/null || 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
+
+make CC="$CC" all >/dev/null || exit 1
+
+# clear screen after compilation so that only the entry is shown
+clear
 
 echo "$ ./esde esde.data Johanson"
 ./esde esde.data Johanson