diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/INSTCFCOMMON.TXT b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/INSTCFCOMMON.TXT
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0db6ee7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/INSTCFCOMMON.TXT
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config/plc/plc_common_1.tcl
+config/counter/counter_common_1.tcl
+config/hipadaba/common_hipadaba_configuration.tcl
+config/hmm/hmm_configuration_common_1.tcl
+config/scan/scan_common_1.hdd
+config/scan/scan_common_1.tcl
+config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/Makefile b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4b249df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/sans/config/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+all:
+	make -C nexus
+
+
+clean:
+	make -C nexus clean