diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1e13e9f854f0aa854e8b23d441e21821ad1c21a..4d6d26eb5c996073a0b63007cf16faee399b26cd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 .idea/
-target/
+.settings/
 build/
+target/
 *.iml
 *.eml
-*.classpath
-*.project
\ No newline at end of file
+.classpath
+.project
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1db85e64fc116e6ef1ccddc3efe65dd1716d788f..efec5afd7419eda4e7349097ec143e7a4c5c38a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@
     <artifactId>icy-micromanager-block</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.3</version>
 
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
     <name>Micro-Manager Block</name>
+    <description>
+        Blocks (protocols) for Micro-Manager (Icy plugin).
+    </description>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>