diff --git a/ripple-core-0.0.1/build.gradle b/ripple-core-0.0.1/build.gradle
index 31be8312e1..7ee498ed2c 100644
--- a/ripple-core-0.0.1/build.gradle
+++ b/ripple-core-0.0.1/build.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,52 @@
-configurations.maybeCreate("default")
-artifacts.add("default", file('ripple-core-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar'))
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+apply plugin: 'java'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin'
+
+description = 'ripple-core'
+
+version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
+
+sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+targetCompatibility = 1.8
+
+dependencies {
+    compile 'net.i2p.crypto:eddsa:0.2.0'
+    compile 'org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.58'
+    compile 'org.json:json:20171018'
+    compile 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.9.3'
+    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
+    testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
+    testCompile "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:0.22.5"
+}
+buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.3.0'
+    repositories {
+        mavenCentral()
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+    }
+}
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+compileKotlin {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    }
+}
+compileTestKotlin {
+    kotlinOptions {
+        jvmTarget = "1.8"
+    }
+}
+
+task getDeps(type: Copy) {
+    from configurations.compile
+    into "$rootDir/jars/"
+}
+
+kotlin {
+    experimental {
+        coroutines "enable"
+    }
+}
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