diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
index a997f4b..b5b996d 100644
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
+++ b/.idea/misc.xml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project version="4">
   <component name="EntryPointsManager">
     <entry_points version="2.0">
@@ -18,6 +19,15 @@
     <pattern value="com.example.springboot.HelloControllerIT" method="main" />
   </component>
   <component name="PDMPlugin">
+    <option name="customRuleSets">
+      <list>
+        <option value="K:\java\semver\config\pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-exec/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-jacoco-report/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-checkstyle/config/pmd.xml" />
+        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/../bld-testng/config/pmd.xml" />
+      </list>
+    </option>
     <option name="skipTestSources" value="false" />
   </component>
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_17" project-jdk-name="17" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index cc60f4a..f324478 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
 {
     "version": "0.2.0",
     "configurations": [
+        {
+            "type": "java",
+            "name": "Run Main",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mainClass": "com.example.springboot.Application"
+        },
         {
             "type": "java",
             "name": "Run Tests",
             "request": "launch",
-            "mainClass": "com.example.springboot.DemoApplicationTests"
+            "mainClass": "org.junit.platform.console.ConsoleLauncher",
+            "args": [
+                "--details=verbose",
+                "--scan-classpath",
+                "--disable-banner",
+                "--disable-ansi-colors",
+                "--exclude-engine=junit-platform-suite",
+                "--exclude-engine=junit-vintage"]
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c531b7d..4fc7a51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Spring Boot Example for [b<span style="color:orange">l</span>d](https://rife2.com/bld)
 
-Based on the Spring Guides' Spring Boot web application example. Please be sure to read the [guide](https://github.com/spring-guides/gs-spring-boot) for a sampling of how Spring Boot can help you accelerate application development 
+Based on the Spring Guides' Spring Boot web application example. Please be sure to read the
+[guide](https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot/) for a sampling of how Spring Boot can help
+you accelerate application development 
 
 ## Run the Application
 
@@ -31,3 +33,10 @@ To run the web application tests, issue the following command:
 ```
 ./bld test
 ```
+
+## To create and launching the executable JAR
+
+```
+./bld jar
+java -jar build/dist/demoapplication-0.1.0.jar
+```
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
index 65caa7a..075e951 100644
--- a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
+++ b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 bld.downloadExtensionJavadoc=false
 bld.downloadExtensionSources=true
-bld.extensions=
-bld.repositories=MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_RELEASES
+bld.extensions=com.uwyn.rife2:bld-spring-boot:0.9.0-SNAPSHOT
+bld.repositories=MAVEN_LOCAL,MAVEN_CENTRAL,RIFE2_SNAPSHOTS,RIFE2_RELEASES
 bld.downloadLocation=
 bld.sourceDirectories=
 bld.version=1.7.5
diff --git a/src/bld/java/com/example/springboot/ApplicationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/com/example/springboot/ApplicationBuild.java
index 30ea702..4c71312 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/com/example/springboot/ApplicationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/com/example/springboot/ApplicationBuild.java
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package com.example.springboot;
 
+import rife.bld.BuildCommand;
 import rife.bld.WebProject;
+import rife.bld.extension.BootJarOperation;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.MAVEN_CENTRAL;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
-import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.test;
+import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.*;
 
 public class ApplicationBuild extends WebProject {
     public ApplicationBuild() {
@@ -29,9 +30,18 @@ public class ApplicationBuild extends WebProject {
                 .include(dependency("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test:3.1.5"))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.10.0"))
                 .include(dependency("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-console-standalone:1.10.0"));
+        scope(standalone)
+                .include(dependency("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-loader:3.1.5"));
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         new ApplicationBuild().start(args);
     }
+
+    @BuildCommand(summary = "Creates an executable JAR for the project")
+    public void jar() throws Exception {
+        new BootJarOperation()
+                .fromProject(this)
+                .execute();
+    }
 }
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