diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7733484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'application'
+
+sourceSets {
+  main {
+    java {
+      srcDirs = ['src']
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+repositories {
+  mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+}
+
+// Define the main class for the application
+mainClassName = 'org.nwapw.abacus.Abacus'
+
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index ca78035..f805d8d 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index e6435bd..1bf9b0e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#Fri Jul 28 17:15:48 PDT 2017
+#Fri Jul 28 17:18:51 PDT 2017
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index 27309d9..4453cce 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 ##############################################################################
 ##
@@ -154,11 +154,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
     esac
 fi
 
-# Split up the JVM_OPTS And GRADLE_OPTS values into an array, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
-function splitJvmOpts() {
-    JVM_OPTS=("$@")
+# Escape application args
+save ( ) {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
 }
-eval splitJvmOpts $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS
-JVM_OPTS[${#JVM_OPTS[*]}]="-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME"
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
 
-exec "$JAVACMD" "${JVM_OPTS[@]}" -classpath "$CLASSPATH" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$@"
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index f6d5974..e95643d 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ goto fail
 @rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
 
 if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-if "%@eval[2+2]" == "4" goto 4NT_args
 
 :win9xME_args
 @rem Slurp the command line arguments.
@@ -60,11 +59,6 @@ set _SKIP=2
 if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
 
 set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-goto execute
-
-:4NT_args
-@rem Get arguments from the 4NT Shell from JP Software
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%$
 
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b8d625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+rootProject.name = 'abacus'