diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 10c2b8e..011de3c 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,21 +19,34 @@
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
-TOP         ?= .
-MAKEDIR     ?= $(TOP)/makefiles
-
-$(if $(VERBOSE),$(eval export VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE))) # visible to include(s)
+$(if $(findstring disabled-joey,$(USER)),\
+   $(eval USE_LF_MK := 1)) # special snowflake
 
 ##--------------------##
 ##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
 ##--------------------##
-include $(MAKEDIR)/include.mk
-ifdef LOCAL_LINT
-  include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/golang/sca.mk
-endif
+ifdef USE_LF_MK
+  include lf/include.mk
+else
+  include lf/transition.mk
+endif # ifdef USE_LF_MK
+
+
+# TOP         ?= .
+# MAKEDIR     ?= $(TOP)/makefiles
+#
+# $(if $(VERBOSE),$(eval export VERBOSE=$(VERBOSE))) # visible to include(s)
+
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+# include $(MAKEDIR)/include.mk
+# ifdef LOCAL_LINT
+#   include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/golang/sca.mk
+# endif
 
 # set default shell
-SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail
+# SHELL = bash -e -o pipefail
 
 # Variables
 VERSION                  ?= $(shell cat ./VERSION)
@@ -225,7 +238,7 @@
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-clean: distclean ## Removes any local filesystem artifacts generated by a build
+clean :: distclean ## Removes any local filesystem artifacts generated by a build
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -268,7 +281,7 @@
 	    | awk 'BEGIN {FS=":.* ## "}; {printf "%-25s : %s\n", $$1, $$2};'
 	@printf '\n'
 	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'mod-update' \
-	  'Alias for makefile targets mod-tidy + mod-vendor
+	  'Alias for makefile targets mod-tidy + mod-vendor'
 	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'mod-tidy' \
 	  'Refresh packages, update go.mod and go.sum'
 	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'mod-vendor' \