diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0485ae..d34da8a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 
+target/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..227b98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+
+    <groupId>fr.uha.gabalier</groupId>
+    <artifactId>swing-image-loader</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1</version>
+
+
+</project>
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