diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ProjectGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ProjectGenerator.kt
index 6b25c8d1..2a59027a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ProjectGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/ProjectGenerator.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class ProjectGenerator : KobaltLogger {
     fun run(args: Args) {
         if (File(args.buildFile).exists()) {
             log(1, "Build file ${args.buildFile} already exists, not overwriting it")
-            return
+//            return
         }
 
         val compilerInfos = detect(File("."))
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ public class ProjectGenerator : KobaltLogger {
             put("artifactId", pom.artifactId ?: "com.example")
             put("version", pom.version ?: "0.1")
             put("name", pom.name ?: pom.artifactId)
+            put("repositories", pom.repos.map({ "\"${it}\"" }).join(","))
         }
 
         val properties = pom.properties
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
index 00049ea7..9873b3b0 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/Kobalt.kt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class Kobalt {
 
         val repos = ArrayList<String>(DEFAULT_REPOS)
 
-        fun addRepo(repo: String) = repos.add(repo)
+        fun addRepo(repo: String) = repos.add(if (repo.endsWith("/")) repo else repo + "/")
 
         private val PROPERTY_KOBALT_VERSION = "kobalt.version"
         private val KOBALT_PROPERTIES = "kobalt.properties"
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom.kt
index 0bfea321..fa8507a5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/Pom.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public class Pom @javax.inject.Inject constructor(@Assisted val id: String,
     var version: String? = null
     var name: String? = null
     var properties = sortedMapOf<String, String>()
+    var repos = listOf<String>()
 
     public interface IFactory {
         fun create(@Assisted id: String, @Assisted documentFile : java.io.File) : Pom
@@ -62,9 +63,13 @@ public class Pom @javax.inject.Inject constructor(@Assisted val id: String,
         artifactId = XPATH.compile("/project/artifactId").evaluate(document)
         version = XPATH.compile("/project/version").evaluate(document)
         name = XPATH.compile("/project/name").evaluate(document)
-
-        var list = XPATH.compile("/project/properties").evaluate(document, XPathConstants.NODESET) as NodeList
+        var list = XPATH.compile("/project/repositories").evaluate(document, XPathConstants.NODESET) as NodeList
         var elem = list.item(0) as Element?
+        repos = elem.childElements()
+              .map({ it.getElementsByTagName("url").item(0).textContent })
+
+        list = XPATH.compile("/project/properties").evaluate(document, XPathConstants.NODESET) as NodeList
+        elem = list.item(0) as Element?
         elem.childElements().forEach {
             properties.put(it.nodeName, it.textContent)
         }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/build-template.mustache b/src/main/resources/build-template.mustache
index 663f032c..adde7a4e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/build-template.mustache
+++ b/src/main/resources/build-template.mustache
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import com.beust.kobalt.*
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.packaging.assemble
 {{imports}}
 
+val repos = repos({{{repositories}}})
+
 {{#properties}}
 val {{first}} = "{{second}}"
 {{/properties}}