diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f24a2d..9ad60d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ even in a "normal" CSV editor. So I decided to write this simple JavaFX applicat
 
 [Wiki & Documentation](https://github.com/frosch95/SmartCSV.fx/wiki)
 
-binary distribution of the [latest release (0.8)](https://github.com/frosch95/SmartCSV.fx/releases/download/0.8/SmartCSV.fx-0.8-SNAPSHOT.zip)
+binary distribution of the [SmartCSV.fx launcher](http://www.javafx.ninja/SmartCSV.fx/SmartCSV.fx.jar)
+copy the jar to an appropriate place and start the application with a double click on the jar (or java -jar SmartCSV.fx.jar on command line)
 
 ##Talks
 [Introduction](http://javafx.ninja/talks/introduction/)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 82879bb..6022370 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,34 @@
 group 'ninja.javafx'
-version '0.8-SNAPSHOT'
+version '0.9-SNAPSHOT'
+
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'no.tornado:fxlauncher-gradle-plugin:1.0.12'
+    }
+}
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin:'application'
+apply plugin: 'application'
 apply plugin: 'idea'
+apply plugin: 'no.tornado.fxlauncher'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 mainClassName = 'ninja.javafx.smartcsv.fx.SmartCSV'
 
+def fxlauncherPathName = getBuildDir().absolutePath + File.separatorChar + 'fxlauncher' + File.separatorChar
+
+fxlauncher {
+    applicationVendor 'Andreas Billmann (andreas.billmann@javafx.ninja)'
+    applicationUrl 'http://javafx.ninja/SmartCSV.fx/'
+    applicationMainClass mainClassName
+    acceptDowngrade false
+    cacheDir 'USERLIB/SmartCSV.fx'
+}
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     jcenter()
@@ -33,5 +53,21 @@ dependencies {
 }
 
 task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
-    gradleVersion = '2.14.1' //version required
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+    gradleVersion = '3.1' //version required
+}
+
+task buildSmartCSV(dependsOn: ['clean','embedApplicationManifest']) << {
+    def file = new File(fxlauncherPathName + 'fxlauncher.jar')
+    file.renameTo(fxlauncherPathName + 'SmartCSV.fx.jar')
+}
+
+task modifyAppXML(dependsOn: 'generateApplicationManifest') << {
+    String contents = new File( fxlauncherPathName + 'app.xml' ).getText( 'UTF-8' )
+    contents = contents.replaceAll( 'Updating...', 'Updating SmartCSV.fx ...' )
+    contents = contents.replaceAll( '-fx-spacing: 10; -fx-padding: 25;', '-fx-spacing: 10; -fx-padding: 25;-fx-font-size: 0.9em;' )
+    new File( fxlauncherPathName + 'app.xml' ).write( contents, 'UTF-8' )
+}
+
+embedApplicationManifest.dependsOn modifyAppXML
+
+defaultTasks 'buildSmartCSV'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 96684ad..caa1c6b 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Sat Jul 23 09:35:51 CEST 2016
+#Thu Oct 06 15:00:38 CEST 2016
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.14.1-all.zip
diff --git a/src/main/resources/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/application.properties b/src/main/resources/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/application.properties
index c53d4b9..5075cf8 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/application.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 application.name = SmartCSV.fx
-application.version = 0.8
+application.version = 0.9
 
 # fxml views
 fxml.smartcvs.view = /ninja/javafx/smartcsv/fx/smartcsv.fxml