diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 4194cc8..166d3b5 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@
 			<attribute name="gradle_used_by_scope" value="main,test"/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
-	
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8/"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-17/"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jst.j2ee.internal.web.container"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.buildship.core.gradleclasspathcontainer">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin/default"/>
-</classpath>
\ No newline at end of file
+</classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs
index e889521..e479558 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.buildship.core.prefs
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
+arguments=
+auto.sync=false
+build.scans.enabled=false
+connection.gradle.distribution=GRADLE_DISTRIBUTION(WRAPPER)
 connection.project.dir=
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
+gradle.user.home=
+java.home=
+jvm.arguments=
+offline.mode=false
+override.workspace.settings=false
+show.console.view=false
+show.executions.view=false
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
index cea524a..7859c6b 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 	<fixed facet="jst.java"/>
 	<fixed facet="jst.web"/>
 	<installed facet="jst.web" version="2.4"/>
-	<installed facet="jst.java" version="1.8"/>
+	<installed facet="jst.java" version="17"/>
 </faceted-project>
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 428d25c..d1a5328 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,9 +8,15 @@ plugins
 	id 'war'
 	id 'maven-publish'
 }
+
 group = 'com.ibm.cicsdev.springboot'
 version = '0.1.0'
 
+base 
+{
+    archivesName = "cics-java-liberty-springboot-jcics" 
+}
+
 
 java
 {
@@ -18,9 +24,6 @@ java
     targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }
 
-base {
-	archivesName='cics-java-liberty-springboot-jcics'
-}
 
 // If in Eclipse, add Javadoc to the local project classpath
 eclipse
@@ -30,11 +33,13 @@ eclipse
         downloadJavadoc = true
     }
 }
+
 repositories
 {
     mavenCentral()
 
 }
+
 dependencies 
 {
     // Spring Boot web starter for building REST/HTTP endpoints
@@ -56,9 +61,7 @@ bootWar { enabled = false }
 
 
 publishing 
-{
- 
-}
+{ 
     // Configure the Maven repository to publish to somewhere which is configurable
     // with environment variables from outside gradle.
     //
@@ -67,3 +70,4 @@ publishing
     //   -Ppublish_repo_releases_url="file://my-folder" \
     //   -Ppublish_repo_releases_name="my-maven-repo"
     //
+ }