diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96ef862..724f1ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 target/
 .idea/
+.vscode/
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f3f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
+}
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ec6fcf..02c322a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
    - Flexible input: income, IRA balances, SSN income, estimate investment return etc.
    - Long-term Roth IRA growth simulation
 
-4. Usage:
-   
+4. Prerequisites:
+    - Java 17 SDK
+    - Maven
+
+5. Usage:
+     
+    Compile with `mvn clean package`
+    
+    Run using the following commands:
+ ```   
     IraRothPlanner 
    --ira={100000,180000}
    --age={60,59}
@@ -29,8 +37,13 @@
    --payTaxInIra=true
    --investRtn=0.05
    --yearBegin=2026
+```
+On windows:
+```
+java -jar .\IRA2RothOptimizer-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar "--ira={100000,180000}" "--age={60,59}" --fixIncome=12000 "--ssnIncome={18000,28000}" --payTaxInIra=true --investRtn=0.05 --yearBegin=2026
+```
 
-7. Contributing:
+5. Contributing:
    
     Contributions are welcome!  
 Please open an issue or submit a pull request with improvements.  
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 14fc2d7..4d06ec9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+    <groupId>com.liningalex.rothoptimizer</groupId>
     <artifactId>IRA2RothOptimizer</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
@@ -33,4 +33,60 @@
             <version>3.17.0</version> <!-- latest as of 2025 -->
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <includes>
+                        <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+                    </includes>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                    <manifest>
+                        <mainClass>com.liningalex.rothoptimizer.IraRothPlanner</mainClass>
+                    </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>com.liningalex.rothoptimizer.IraRothPlanner</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
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