diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index ad44358..8e37d0a 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -23,25 +23,26 @@ This is a Java application for exporting data from a MySQL database to various f
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-*   Java 11 or higher
+*   Java 8 or higher
 *   MySQL database
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 1.  Clone the repository:
 
-    git clone https://github.com/your-username/db-exporter.git
+    ```bash
+    git clone https://github.com/aamitn/DbExporter.git
+    cd DbExporter
 
-2.   Compile the code:
+2.  Compile the code:
 
-    cd db-exporter
-
-    javac -cp .:path/to/mysql-connector-java.jar org/nmpl/\*.java org/nmpl/exporters/\*.java org/nmpl/exceptions/\*.java
+    ```bash
+    mvn clean install
 
 3.  Run the application:
 
-    java -cp .:path/to/mysql-connector-java.jar org.nmpl.App
-
+    ```bash
+    java -jar out/DbExporter.jar
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21936e3..9a19fb3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
   <groupId>org.nmpl</groupId>
   <artifactId>DbExporter</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+
   <name>DbExporter</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
@@ -36,10 +37,63 @@
       <version>3.8.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
           <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
           <version>0.10.2</version>
       </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
+
+
+  <build>
+
+    <finalName>DbExporter</finalName>
+
+
+    <plugins>
+
+      <!-- Set a compiler level -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>21</source>
+          <target>21</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- Maven Shade Plugin -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <executions>
+          <!-- Run shade goal on package phase -->
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>shade</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <shadedArtifactAttached>false</shadedArtifactAttached>
+              <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+              <transformers>
+                <!-- add Main-Class to manifest file -->
+                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                  <mainClass>org.nmpl.App</mainClass>
+                </transformer>
+              </transformers>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+
+
+  </build>
+
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..508d04f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Manifest-Version: 1.0
+Main-Class: org.nmpl.App
+