diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
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index 0000000..4b333d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import java.util.stream.Collectors
+
+group ''
+version '0.19.0'
+
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'application'
+apply plugin: 'distribution'
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+targetCompatibility = 1.8
+
+mainClassName = 'org.intellimate.izou.Main'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    mavenLocal()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'org.intellimate.izou:sdk:[0.5.0,1.0.0]'
+    compile 'commons-lang:commons-lang:2.+'
+    testCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:1.+'
+    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
+}
+
+
+
+def String projectName = ;
+def String pluginClass = ;
+def String provider = ;
+def List<String> dependencies = [];
+def String serverId = ;
+
+jar {
+    baseName = projectName
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Plugin-Class' : pluginClass,
+                'Plugin-Id' : group + "." + project.name,
+                'Plugin-Version' : project.version,
+                'Plugin-Provider' : provider,
+                'Plugin-Dependencies' : dependencies.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(",")),
+                'Server-ID': serverId,
+                'SDK-Version' : project.version,
+                'Artifact-ID' : project.name
+    }
+}
+
+task plugin(type: Zip) {
+    baseName = project.name
+    version = project.version
+    def allExcluded = [];
+    doFirst {
+        def excluded = ["org.intellimate.izou"];
+        excluded.addAll(dependencies);
+        def recursiveAdd
+        recursiveAdd = { dep ->
+            allExcluded.add("${dep.module.id.name}-${dep.module.id.version}.jar".toString())
+            dep.children.each { childResolvedDep ->
+                if(dep in childResolvedDep.getParents() && childResolvedDep.getConfiguration() == 'compile'){
+                    recursiveAdd(childResolvedDep);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        configurations.compile.resolvedConfiguration.firstLevelModuleDependencies.each { dep ->
+            if (excluded.contains(dep.module.id.group)) {
+                recursiveAdd(dep)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    from (configurations.compile) {
+        into ('lib/')
+        exclude { allExcluded.contains(it.file.name) }
+        exclude(allExcluded)
+    }
+    from (sourceSets.main.output.classesDir) {
+        into ('classes/')
+    }
+    from (sourceSets.main.resources) {
+        into ('classes/')
+    }
+    from (new File(project.buildDir, 'tmp/jar/')) {
+        into ('classes/META-INF/')
+    }
+}
+
+plugin.dependsOn jar
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diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca78035
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31d2a74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#Sun Jun 05 18:02:54 CEST 2016
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.13-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..27309d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn ( ) {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die ( ) {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+function splitJvmOpts() {
+    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+}
+eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
+JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832fdb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+goto execute
+
+:4NT_args
+@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e90b8c2..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId></groupId>
-    <artifactId></artifactId>
-    <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version></version>
-    <name></name>
-
-    <properties>
-        <plugin.id></plugin.id>
-        <plugin.class>path.to.the.ZipFileManager</plugin.class>
-        <plugin.provider></plugin.provider>
-        <plugin.dependencies />
-        <repo.name></repo.name>
-        <repo.owner></repo.owner>
-        <server.id></server.id>
-        <sdk.version></sdk.version>
-        <!-- github server corresponds to entry in ~/.m2/settings.xml -->
-        <github.global.server>github</github.global.server>
-    </properties>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.intellimate.izou</groupId>
-            <artifactId>sdk</artifactId>
-            <version>[0.5.0, 1.0.0)</version>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>internal.repo</id>
-            <name>Temporary Staging Repository</name>
-            <url>file://${project.build.directory}/mvn-repo</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>auto-clean</id>
-                        <phase>initialize</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>clean</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludeDefaultDirectories>true</excludeDefaultDirectories>
-                    <filesets>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/*</include>
-                            </includes>
-                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
-                        </fileset>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>${project.build.testOutputDirectory}</directory>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/*</include>
-                            </includes>
-                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
-                        </fileset>
-                        <fileset>
-                            <directory>${project.reporting.outputDirectory}</directory>
-                            <includes>
-                                <include>**/*</include>
-                            </includes>
-                            <followSymlinks>false</followSymlinks>
-                        </fileset>
-                    </filesets>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>unzip jar file</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                <unzip src="target/${artifactId}-${version}.${packaging}" dest="target/plugin-classes" />
-                            </target>
-                        </configuration>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-javadocs</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals><goal>jar</goal></goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>attach-sources</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals><goal>jar</goal></goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <altDeploymentRepository>internal.repo::default::file://${project.build.directory}/mvn-repo</altDeploymentRepository>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals><goal>deploy</goal></goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <descriptors>
-                        <descriptor>
-                            src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
-                        </descriptor>
-                    </descriptors>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>make-assembly</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>attached</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <archive>
-                        <manifestEntries>
-                            <Plugin-Id>${plugin.id}</Plugin-Id>
-                            <Plugin-Class>${plugin.class}</Plugin-Class>
-                            <Plugin-Version>${project.version}</Plugin-Version>
-                            <Plugin-Provider>${plugin.provider}</Plugin-Provider>
-                            <Plugin-Dependencies>${plugin.dependencies}</Plugin-Dependencies>
-                            <Server-ID>${server.id}</Server-ID>
-                            <SDK-Version>${sdk.version}</SDK-Version>
-                            <Artifact-ID>${artifactId}</Artifact-ID>
-                        </manifestEntries>
-                        <manifest>
-                            <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
-                            <addDefaultSpecificationEntries>true</addDefaultSpecificationEntries>
-                        </manifest>
-                    </archive>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <altDeploymentRepository>internal.repo::default::file://${project.build.directory}/mvn-repo</altDeploymentRepository>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals><goal>deploy</goal></goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>com.github.github</groupId>
-                <artifactId>site-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.10</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <message>Maven artifacts for ${project.version}</message>  <!-- git commit message -->
-                    <noJekyll>true</noJekyll>                                  <!-- disable webpage processing -->
-                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/mvn-repo</outputDirectory> <!-- matches distribution management repository url above -->
-                    <branch>refs/heads/mvn-repo</branch>                       <!-- remote branch name -->
-                    <!--<includes><include>**/*</include></includes>-->
-                    <merge>true</merge>
-                    <repositoryName>${repo.name}</repositoryName>      <!-- github repo name -->
-                    <repositoryOwner>${repo.owner}</repositoryOwner>    <!-- github username  -->
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- run site-maven-plugin's 'site' target as part of the build's normal 'deploy' phase -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>site</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>de.jutzig</groupId>
-                <artifactId>github-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <repositoryId>${repo.owner}/${repo.name}</repositoryId>
-                    <releaseName>${project.version}</releaseName>
-                    <tag>${project.version}</tag>
-                    <artifact>${project.build.directory}/${artifactId}-${version}.zip</artifact>
-                    <overwriteArtifact>true</overwriteArtifact>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>release</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e95a53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = ''
\ No newline at end of file