diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a75b7b0e3e5bc7e060071b5494a28c39f58b663..ece688502973ac9c5edfd529a1e960c72a2b0ed7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ build/
 *.eml
 *.iml
 *.jar
+.classpath
+.project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fac3d83a188e1bc17171b0f1d406a9aec71e7979..673be0f25663527d9834c483f44fbdd10ef07adc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@
 	<artifactId>icy-ezplug</artifactId>
 	<version>3.15.13</version>
 
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
 	<name>EzPlug</name>
+	<description>
+		The swiss army knife of plugin developers.
+		Automatically generates elegant graphical interfaces with rich and intuitive user interaction based on your algorithm’s parameters.
+	</description>
 
 	<properties>
 		<jdk.version>1.7</jdk.version>