diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 2c8728c..339d585 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,34 @@
 group 'excel2db'
-version '1.0'
+version '2.0'
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:1.2.4'
+    }
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java {
+            exclude 'src/main/resources/excel2db.properties'
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+//For building a single jar with all dependencies run "gradlew shadowJar"
+// Configure the shadow jar task
+shadowJar {
+    // exclude properties file from jar
+    exclude('excel2db.properties')
+    mergeServiceFiles()
+}
+
 
 sourceCompatibility = '1.8'
 targetCompatibility = '1.8'
@@ -14,13 +41,11 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
 
    compile project (":common")
-//   compile files('libs/common.jar')
    compile 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.2'
-//   compile('org.springframework:spring-context:4.3.7.RELEASE') {
-//        exclude module: 'commons-logging' // force Spring to use jcl-over-slf4j bridge
-//    }
    compile 'javax.persistence:persistence-api:1.0.2'
-   compile 'org.springframework:spring-context:4.3.7.RELEASE'
+   compile ('org.springframework:spring-context:4.3.7.RELEASE'){
+       //exclude module: 'commons-logging' // force Spring to use jcl-over-slf4j bridge
+   }
    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi:3.15'
    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:3.15' 
    compile 'org.postgresql:postgresql:42.0.0.jre7'
@@ -30,17 +55,23 @@ dependencies {
 
 
 jar {
+
    manifest {
 
         attributes(
-  		   "Implementation-Title": "Gradle",
-                   "Implementation-Version": version,
-                   "Main-Class": "excel2db.excel2db"
-                   )
+           "Implementation-Title": "Gradle",
+           "Implementation-Version": version,
+           "Main-Class": "excel2db.excel2db"
+       )
     }
 
-   from configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
+   from {
+          configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
+   }
 
 }
 
 
+
+
+
diff --git a/src/main/resources/spring.xml b/src/main/resources/spring.xml
index 85fda6f..b2cc20f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/spring.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/spring.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <context:component-scan base-package="excel2db" />
     <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:excel2db.properties, file:excel2db.properties" ignore-resource-not-found="true"/>
 
+
     <bean id = "excel2db" class = "excel2db.excel2db" scope="singleton">
         <property name="dbConnection" ref="dbConnection"></property>
         <!--<property name="createTable" ref="createTable"></property>-->