diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb62d406225..8604c8df651 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ gen-cue: ## Do all CUE/Thema code generation
 	@echo "generate code from .cue files"
 	go generate ./pkg/plugins/plugindef
 	go generate ./kinds/gen.go
-	go generate ./pkg/framework/coremodel
+	go generate ./pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
 	go generate ./public/app/plugins/gen.go
 	go generate ./pkg/kindsys/report.go
 
diff --git a/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go b/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
index fb84467c031..9c00a72eeb2 100644
--- a/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
+++ b/pkg/framework/coremodel/gen.go
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// go:build ignore
 //go:build ignore
 // +build ignore
 
+//go:generate go run gen.go
+
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "coremodel code generator does not currently accept any arguments\n, got %q", os.Args)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
+
 	wd := gcgen.NewWriteDiffer()
 
 	// TODO generating these is here temporarily until we make a more permanent home