diff --git a/backend/pom.xml b/backend/pom.xml
index c737f90..c79f688 100644
--- a/backend/pom.xml
+++ b/backend/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,27 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <!-- Build an executable JAR -->
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+                            <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
+                            <mainClass>org.ginkogruen.Main</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
     <dependencies>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.code.gson/gson -->
         <dependency>