diff --git a/.aspell/.aspell.en.pws b/.aspell/.aspell.en.pws
index 6d3d365..b4cfe18 100644
--- a/.aspell/.aspell.en.pws
+++ b/.aspell/.aspell.en.pws
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-personal_ws-1.1 en 50
+personal_ws-1.1 en 52
 Alertmanager
 Anglin
 Ansible
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6b618a..f87e660 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 __output/*
 !__output/cv.pdf
-tags
-notes.txt
-aspell_output
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/bin/spellcheck b/.gitlab/ci/bin/spellcheck
deleted file mode 100755
index 2db23dc..0000000
--- a/.gitlab/ci/bin/spellcheck
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-ASPELL_LANG='en_GB'
-ASPELL_PERSONAL_WORDLIST='./.aspell/.aspell.en.pws'
-DEFAULT_OUTPUT='aspell_output'
-
-RED='\033[1;31m'
-AMBER='\033[1;33m'
-GREEN='\033[1;32m'
-NC='\033[0m'
-
-inputFile=''
-outputFile=''
-
-usage () {
-echo "Usage:"
-echo "spellcheck [OPTION]..."
-echo
-echo "Description:"
-echo -e "\tspellcheck is a wrapper script that uses aspell to check the spelling of"
-echo -e "\tall words in a file. Any detected spelling errors are printed to screen"
-echo -e "\tand to an output file."
-echo
-echo "Options:"
-echo -e "\t-i\tinput file for spell checking."
-echo -e "\t-o\toutput file where list of spelling errors are written to."
-echo -e "\t\tThe default output file is ${DEFAULT_OUTPUT}."
-echo -e "\t-h\tprints usage."
-echo
-echo -e "Examples:"
-echo -e "\tspellcheck -i my_file.txt -o output.txt"
-echo -e "\tspellcheck -i my_file"
-}
-
-validate_args() {
-  if [ -z "$inputFile" ]; then
-    echo -e "${RED}ERROR: ${NC}Option '-i' is not set or is empty."
-    usage
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  if [ -z "$outputFile" ]; then
-    echo -e "${AMBER}WARNING: ${NC}Option '-o' is not set or is empty. The output file will be set to ${DEFAULT_OUTPUT}"
-    outputFile=${DEFAULT_OUTPUT}
-  fi
-
-  return 0
-}
-
-spellcheck() {
-  cat ${inputFile} | aspell -d ${ASPELL_LANG} -p ${ASPELL_PERSONAL_WORDLIST} list > ${outputFile}
-
-  let spellingErrors=$( cat ${outputFile} | wc -l )
-  if [ $spellingErrors -gt 0 ]; then
-    echo
-    echo -e "${RED}ERROR: ${NC}The following spelling errors were found in ${inputFile}:"
-    cat ${outputFile}
-    return 1
-  else
-    echo
-    echo -e "${GREEN}INFO: ${NC}No spelling errors found."
-  fi
-
-  return 0
-}
-
-while getopts 'i:o:h' flag; do
-  case "${flag}" in
-    i) inputFile=${OPTARG} ;;
-    o) outputFile=${OPTARG} ;;
-    h) usage && exit 0 ;;
-    *) usage && exit 2 ;;
-  esac
-done
-
-validate_args || exit 1
-spellcheck || exit 1
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/cv-gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/cv-gitlab-ci.yml
index bf02bb3..1637487 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/cv-gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/cv-gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,13 @@
 test:spellcheck:
   before_script:
   - apt-get update
-  - apt-get -y install aspell make
+  - apt-get -y install aspell aspell-en
   extends:
   - .cv-test-rules
-  image: ubuntu:18.04
+  - .use-cv-builder
   stage: test
   script:
-  - make spellcheck
+  - go run mage.go spellcheck
 
 test:pdf:
   artifacts:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test:pdf:
   - .cv-test-rules
   stage: test
   script:
-  - make clean pdf
+  - go run mage.go pdf
 
 publish:pdf:
   extends: 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ publish:pdf:
   - git config --global user.name "${GITLAB_USER_NAME}"
   stage: publish
   script:
-  - make clean pdf
+  - go run mage.go pdf
   - git checkout master
   - git add __output/cv.pdf
   - 'git commit -m "auto: [skip ci] update CV."'
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docker-gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docker-gitlab-ci.yml
index abe790c..620a53d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docker-gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docker-gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   services:
   - docker:19.03.12-dind
   before_script:
-  - apk add --no-cache make
+  - apk add --no-cache go
 
 .dockerfile-lint:
   stage: test
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   stage: publish
   extends: .docker-build-setup
   before_script:
-  - apk add --no-cache make
+  - apk add --no-cache go
   - docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
   after_script:
   - docker logout ${CI_REGISTRY}
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@ test:docker:build:
   - .dockerbuild-test
   - .docker-test-rules
   script:
-  - make image
+  - go run mage.go image
 
 publish:docker-image:
   extends:
   - .docker-publish-pre-post
   - .docker-publish-rules
   script:
-  - make publish
+  - go run mage.go publishImage
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index f528523..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-DOCKERFILE = ./docker/Dockerfile
-IMAGE_NAME ?= cv-builder
-IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
-OUTPUT_DIR = __output/
-CV_DATA_FILE = ./data/cv.json
-
-.PHONY: all image publish tex pdf clean
-
-all: pdf
-
-image:
-	@docker build -f $(DOCKERFILE) -t $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_TAG) .
-
-publish: image
-	@docker push $(IMAGE_NAME):$(IMAGE_TAG)
-
-spellcheck:
-	@./.gitlab/ci/bin/spellcheck -i $(CV_DATA_FILE)
-
-tex:
-	@go run .
-
-pdf: tex
-	@mtxrun --path=$(OUTPUT_DIR) --script context cv.tex
-
-clean:
-	@rm -rf $(OUTPUT_DIR)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2827b29..59642e0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 module gitlab.com/dananglin/cv
 
 go 1.12
+
+require github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..547126d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0 h1:3HiXzCUY12kh9bIuyXShaVe529fJfyqoVM42o/uom2g=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.10.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
diff --git a/mage.go b/mage.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f23b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mage"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	os.Exit(mage.Main())
+}
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1110dd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// +build mage
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
+)
+
+const (
+	aspellLang             string = "en_GB"
+	aspellPersonalWordlist string = "./.aspell/.aspell.en.pws"
+	cvJsonDataFile         string = "./data/cv.json"
+	defaultImageName       string = "cv-builder"
+	defaultImageTag        string = "latest"
+	dockerfile             string = "./docker/Dockerfile"
+	outputDir              string = "./__output"
+)
+
+// Default sets the default target.
+var Default = Pdf
+
+// SpellCheck checks the CV JSON file for spelling errors. If there are any
+// misspelt words found the function returns a list of those words in an error.
+// Any error found while gathering the list is returned.
+// This function depends on the aspell program.
+func SpellCheck() error {
+	fmt.Printf("Reading data from %s...\n", cvJsonDataFile)
+
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(cvJsonDataFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to read data from %s, %s", cvJsonDataFile, err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// declare the aspell command and its standard input pipe.
+	cmd := exec.Command("aspell", "-d", aspellLang, "-p", aspellPersonalWordlist, "list")
+	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// write the CV data to standard input for piping.
+	go func() {
+		defer stdin.Close()
+		io.WriteString(stdin, string(data))
+	}()
+
+	// run aspell and get the list of mispelt words (if any).
+	// (the output is a string.)
+	fmt.Println("Running aspell...")
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	list := strings.Split(string(out), "\n")
+	if list[len(list)-1] == "" {
+		list = list[:len(list)-1]
+	}
+
+	if len(list) > 0 {
+		var b strings.Builder
+		errMsg := fmt.Sprintf("the following spelling errors were found in %s:", cvJsonDataFile)
+		b.WriteString(errMsg)
+
+		for _, v := range list {
+			s := "\n- " + v
+			b.WriteString(s)
+		}
+
+		return fmt.Errorf(b.String())
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("No spelling errors were found.")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Tex takes the CV data file and generates the output tex file from
+// template.
+func Tex() error {
+	fmt.Println("Generating the tex file...")
+	mg.Deps(Clean)
+
+	gocmd := mg.GoCmd()
+	return sh.Run(gocmd, "run", ".")
+}
+
+// Pdf takes the output tex file generated by the Tex target and
+// generates the output PDF file.
+func Pdf() error {
+	mg.Deps(Tex)
+
+	pathArg := "--path=" + outputDir
+
+	fmt.Println("Generating the PDF file...")
+	return sh.Run("mtxrun", pathArg, "--script", "context", "cv.tex")
+}
+
+// Image builds the CV builder docker image.
+func Image() error {
+	image := imageName()
+
+	return sh.Run("docker", "build", "-f", dockerfile, "-t", image, ".")
+}
+
+// PublishImage publishes the CV builder docker image
+// to the docker registry.
+func PublishImage() error {
+	mg.Deps(Image)
+
+	image := imageName()
+	return sh.Run("docker", "push", image)
+}
+
+// Clean removes the directory where the output files
+// are generated.
+func Clean() error {
+	if err := sh.Rm(outputDir); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// imageName generates the docker image name from the environment
+// variables IMAGE_NAME and IMAGE_TAG. Default vaules will be used
+// if these variables are not set or empty.
+func imageName() string {
+	name := os.Getenv("IMAGE_NAME")
+	if len(name) == 0 {
+		name = defaultImageName
+	}
+
+	tag := os.Getenv("IMAGE_TAG")
+	if len(tag) == 0 {
+		tag = defaultImageTag
+	}
+
+	return name + ":" + tag
+}