diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index 5fe5ee9..c0d5607 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <faceted-project>
-  <runtime name="Liberty 17.3"/>
   <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
   <fixed facet="jst.web"/>
   <fixed facet="java"/>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8d4872..5bc2a82 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 # project-tron
 
-Cloned from https://github.com/aguibert/coms319-project4
+Publicly hosted on IBM Cloud here: [http://projecttron.mybluemix.net/](http://projecttron.mybluemix.net/)
 
-Original readme.md:
+Bluemix toolchain automatically deploys the current `project-tron/project-tron:master` branch
 
-coms319-project4
-================
-## Setup Instructions
-1. You will need Eclipse for Java EE developers (normal eclipse won't do)
-2. Go to wasdev.net, download the latest beta image and eclipse tooling https://developer.ibm.com/wasdev/downloads/liberty-profile-beta/
-  1. Follow the steps for "Installing with the Eclipse tools beta" to install the tooling
-  2. Follow the steps for "Installing from the command line" to install the runtime
-3. Once you clone the repository, import existing projects into your workspace
-4. Create the server runtime:
-  1. In eclipse, File->Server->Runtime Environments->Add... Websphere Application Server Liberty Profile
-  2. Next, browse for the location where you extracted your Wepshere runtime, then click Finish
-5. In the servers view (select )
-6. Name the server "project4-server"
-7. Add the coms319.team10.project4 resource to the server, then click finish.
-8. In the "server" tab, you should have created a "project4-server" server, you can start it by selecting it and pressing the green play button in the server tab.
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+## To run locally
+
+Builds the webapp, starts liberty server, and deploys app to server.  Once app is running, opens web browser
+
+```
+./gradlew libertyStart openBrowser
+```
+
+To stop a liberty server, issue the command:
+
+```
+./gradlew libertyStop
+```
+(Note that `libertyRun` and `libertyStart` commands will first invoke `libertyStop`)
+
+Originally cloned from https://github.com/aguibert/coms319-project4
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 68fe9b6..612b024 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,21 +1,54 @@
-// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
-apply plugin: 'java'
-
-// Apply the war plugin to build a web archive
+apply plugin: 'liberty'
 apply plugin: 'war'
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
 
-// In this section you declare where to find the dependencies of your project
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath 'net.wasdev.wlp.gradle.plugins:liberty-gradle-plugin:2.0.1'
+    }
+}
+
 repositories {
-    // Use 'jcenter' for resolving your dependencies.
-    // You can declare any Maven/Ivy/file repository here.
-    jcenter()
+    mavenCentral()
 }
 
-// In this section you declare the dependencies for your production and test code
 dependencies {
-    // Java EE
     compile 'javax:javaee-api:7.0'
+    libertyRuntime 'io.openliberty:openliberty-runtime:17.0.0.3'
+}
+
+ext {
+	httpPort = 8080
+	httpsPort = 8443
+}
+
+liberty {
+	server {
+		name = 'tronServer'
+		dropins = [war]
+		bootstrapProperties = ['httpPort': httpPort, 'httpsPort': httpsPort]
+	}
+}
+
+libertyStart.dependsOn 'libertyStop'
+libertyRun.dependsOn 'libertyStop'
+
+task openBrowser {
+    description = 'Opens a web browser to http://localhost:${httpPort}/'
+    doLast {
+        java.awt.Desktop.desktop.browse "http://localhost:${httpPort}/".toURI()
+    }
+}
+
+gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { graph ->
+    if (graph.hasTask(":libertyStart")) {
+        libertyStart.doLast {
+            println ("Application is running on http://localhost:${httpPort}/")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml b/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce237d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/liberty/config/server.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<server>
+    <featureManager>
+        <feature>webProfile-7.0</feature>
+    </featureManager>
+
+    <httpEndpoint id="defaultHttpEndpoint" httpPort="${httpPort}" httpsPort="${httpsPort}" />
+                  
+    <applicationManager autoExpand="true"/>
+</server>
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