diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a96ccaf81..0c1187509 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ add_subdirectory (scripts)
 if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
   add_subdirectory (test EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
-if (EXISTS performance)
+if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/performance)
   add_subdirectory (performance EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-endif (EXISTS performance)
+endif (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/performance)
 
 set (doc_FILES ChangeLog README.md INSTALL AUTHORS COPYING LICENSE)
 foreach (doc_FILE ${doc_FILES})
diff --git a/performance/.gitignore b/performance/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e82c8156a..000000000
--- a/performance/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-*.data
-*.rc
-export.json
diff --git a/performance/CMakeLists.txt b/performance/CMakeLists.txt
index adc77d414..293c5b942 100644
--- a/performance/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/performance/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.22)
 
-add_custom_target (performance ./run_perf
+configure_file(compare_runs.py compare_runs.py COPYONLY)
+configure_file(load load)
+configure_file(run_perf run_perf)
+
+add_custom_target (performance ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/performance/run_perf
                                DEPENDS task_executable
-                               WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/performance)
+                               WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/performance)
+
 
diff --git a/performance/load b/performance/load
index 7f6dded6d..56df91f35 100755
--- a/performance/load
+++ b/performance/load
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'perf.rc')
   close $fh;
 }
 
-my $filename = 'sample-text.txt';
+my $filename = '${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/performance/sample-text.txt';
 open(my $fh, '<:encoding(UTF-8)', $filename)
   or die "Could not open file '$filename' $!";
 
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ while (my $line = <$fh>)
   if ($. % 20 == 19)
   {
     my $anno_id = $id - 1;
-    qx{../build/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off $anno_id annotate $line};
+    qx{${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off $anno_id annotate $line};
     print "[$.] task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off $anno_id annotate $line\n" if $?;
   }
   elsif ($. % 4 == 1)
   {
-    qx{../build/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off add $line};
+    qx{${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off add $line};
     print "[$.] task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off add $line\n" if $?;
     ++$id;
   }
   else
   {
-    qx{../build/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off log $line};
+    qx{${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off log $line};
     print "[$.] task rc:perf.rc rc.gc=off log $line\n" if $?;
   }
 }
diff --git a/performance/run_perf b/performance/run_perf
index 869640b63..8d925efb9 100755
--- a/performance/run_perf
+++ b/performance/run_perf
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
 echo 'Performance: setup'
-rm -f ./pending.data ./completed.data ./undo.data ./backlog.data perf.rc
-if [[ -e data/pending.data && -e data/completed.data ]]
+rm -f ./taskchampion.sqlite3
+if [[ -e ./data/taskchampion.sqlite3 ]]
 then
-  echo '  - Using existing data'
+  echo '  - Using existing data.'
   cp data/* .
 else
-  echo '  - This step will take several minutes'
+  echo '  - Loading data. This step will take several minutes.'
   ./load
   mkdir -p data
-  cp *.data perf.rc data
+  cp taskchampion.sqlite3 perf.rc data
 fi
 
 # Allow override.
 if [[ -z $TASK ]]
 then
-  TASK=../build/src/task
+  TASK=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/task
 fi
 
 # Run benchmarks.
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ $TASK rc.debug:1 rc:perf.rc export >/dev/null 2>&1
 $TASK rc.debug:1 rc:perf.rc export 2>&1 >export.json | grep "Perf task"
 
 echo '  - task import...'
-rm -f ./pending.data ./completed.data ./undo.data ./backlog.data
-$TASK rc.debug:1 rc:perf.rc import export.json 2>&1 | grep "Perf task"
+rm -f ./taskchampion.sqlite3
+$TASK rc.debug:1 rc:perf.rc import ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/performance/export.json 2>&1 | grep "Perf task"
 
 echo 'End'
 exit 0