diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e87ae0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>cics-java-liberty-restapp</name>
+	<comment>Project cics-java-liberty-restapp created by Buildship.</comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.buildship.core.gradleprojectbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.buildship.core.gradleprojectnature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d69db28..39aa505 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>3.4.0</version>
 				<configuration>
-					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>										
+					<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+					<archive>
+						<addMavenDescriptor>false</addMavenDescriptor>
+					</archive>										
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>