diff --git a/build/.gitignore b/build/.gitignore
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index 0000000..b069cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/compiled/
+/ConnectFour.jar
diff --git a/build/MANIFEST.MF b/build/MANIFEST.MF
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index 0000000..c7523de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Main-Class:  de.itsblue.ConnectFour.ConnectFour
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
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index 0000000..52162d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/build.sh
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+if [ $1 == 'clean' ]
+then
+    rm -r ./compiled/*
+    rm ConnectFour.jar
+else
+    mkdir ./compiled
+    cd ./compiled
+    find ../../src -name "*.java" > sources.txt
+    javac -d ./ @sources.txt
+    find -name "*.class" > compiledSources.txt
+    jar cvmf ../MANIFEST.MF ../ConnectFour.jar @compiledSources.txt
+fi
diff --git a/src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/build/build.sh b/src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/build/build.sh
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index 5d8872b..0000000
--- a/src/de/itsblue/ConnectFour/build/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-javac -d ./ ../*.java ../player/*.java
-