diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..033a524b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+pipeline {
+    agent any
+    environment {
+        PATH = "/opt/maven/bin:$PATH"
+    }
+    stages {
+        stage('Build') {
+            steps {
+                sh 'mvn clean install'
+            }
+        }
+        
+        stage('SonarQube Analysis') {
+            environment {
+                scannerHome = tool 'bharath-sonarqube-scanner'
+            }
+            steps {
+                withSonarQubeEnv('Bharath-SonarQube-Server') {
+                    sh "${scannerHome}/bin/sonar-scanner"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
+        stage('Quality Gate') {
+            steps {
+                script {
+                    timeout(time: 1, unit: 'hours') {  // Corrected 'Hours' -> 'hours'
+                        def qg = waitForQualityGate()  // Fixed function name
+                        if (qg.status != 'OK') {  // Ensure 'OK' is capitalized correctly
+                            error "Pipeline aborted due to Quality Gate failure: ${qg.status}"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d7640e7..086dce42 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # sparkjava-war-example
 Build war with maven and sparkjava framework
 
-Steps:
+Steps:-
 
 1. Download a fresh [Tomcat 8 distribution](https://tomcat.apache.org/download-80.cgi)
 2. Clone this repository to your local machine
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f55768d8..367eeb27 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,4 +57,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ab2bead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Required metadata
+sonar.verbose=true
+sonar.organization=bharathkumars-key
+sonar.projectKey=bharathkumars-key_bharathtrend
+sonar.projectName=bharathtrend
+sonar.projectVersion=1.0
+
+# Path settings
+sonar.sources=src
+#sonar.tests=tests
+sonar.language=java
+sonar.java.binaries=target/classes
+
+# Optional settings
+sonar.sourceEncoding=UTF-8
+#sonar.exclusions=**/*.json,**/*.xml
+sonar.test.inclusions=**/*Test.java
+
+# Coverage (if using Jacoco)
+#sonar.jacoco.reportPaths=target/jacoco.exec
+sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=target/site/jacoco/jacoco.xml
+