diff --git a/build-all b/build-all
index 4c80333..59f05ea 100755
--- a/build-all
+++ b/build-all
@@ -24,16 +24,21 @@ dbg_retrieve() { : \
  && yes_retrieve "$container" "$@" \
  ;}
 
+build() { : \
+ && local t="${1?missing argument}" && shift \
+ && podman build -t "$t" "$t" "$@" \
+ ;}
+
 : \
  && me="$(readlink -f "$0")" && cd "${me%/*}" && { [ -d out ] || mkdir out ;} \
 \
- && podman build -t notwa-util      notwa-util \
- && podman build -t cosmo-bootstrap cosmo-bootstrap \
- && podman build -t cosmo-base      cosmo-base \
- && podman build -t cosmo-kuroko    cosmo-kuroko \
- && podman build -t cosmo-muon      cosmo-muon \
- && podman build -t cosmo-perl      cosmo-perl \
- && podman build -t cosmo-yices     cosmo-yices \
+ && build   notwa-util          \
+ && build   cosmo-bootstrap     \
+ && build   cosmo-base          \
+ && build   cosmo-kuroko        \
+ && build   cosmo-muon          \
+ && build   cosmo-perl          \
+ && build   cosmo-yices         \
 \
  && bin=/cosmopolitan/bin \
  && yes_retrieve cosmo-base $bin/ape $bin/awk.com $bin/gzip.com $bin/make.com \