diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index a6701b3..1733fa1 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@
  * For more details on building Java & JVM projects, please refer to https://docs.gradle.org/8.4/userguide/building_java_projects.html in the Gradle documentation.
  */
 
-import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
-
 plugins {
     // Apply the application plugin to add support for building a CLI application in Java.
     application
-    id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "8.1.1"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -44,16 +41,3 @@ tasks.named<Test>("test") {
     // Use JUnit Platform for unit tests.
     useJUnitPlatform()
 }
-
-tasks.withType<ShadowJar> {
-    archiveBaseName.set("xl")
-    archiveVersion.set("")
-    manifest {
-        attributes(mapOf("Main-Class" to "com.github.csolem.gradle.shadow.kotlin.example.App"))
-    }
-}
-
-// Set build to depend on shadowJar
-tasks.named("build") {
-    dependsOn("shadowJar")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/xl/App.java b/app/src/main/java/xl/App.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..329d4ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/xl/App.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * This Java source file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
+ */
+package xl;
+
+public class App {
+    public String getGreeting() {
+        return "Hello World!";
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println(new App().getGreeting());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 3debf1d..b3ce6d2 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ watch:
 
 build:
 	./gradlew build
-	ls -lh app/build/libs/*.jar
+	#./gradlew shadowJar
 
 clean:
 	./gradlew clean