diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7c02f1e..68d2394 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+CXX=g++
+CXXFLAGS=-Wall -Wextra -O3
 
 benchmark: benchmark.cpp
-	g++ -Wall -Wextra -o benchmark benchmark.cpp
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o benchmark benchmark.cpp
 
 clean:
 	rm -rf benchmark
diff --git a/benchmark.cpp b/benchmark.cpp
index b93ca17..7577530 100644
--- a/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmark.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// Initially generated by AI (Google Gemini)
+
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@
 
 using namespace std::chrono;
 
-typedef std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> time_p;
+typedef time_point<high_resolution_clock> time_p;
 
 // Configuration
 const int NUM_ELEMENTS = 1000000;
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ void print_row(const std::string& label, double hm_ms, double std_ms)
 uint64_t hash_str(const void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
     (void)size;
-    const char *str = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buffer);
+    const char *str = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buffer);
     uint64_t hash = (uint64_t)str;
     return hash;
 }