diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dd9a1094d..a572103b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
-.gradle
\ No newline at end of file
+dist
+.gradle
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cabd84dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// This application is built in node.js, and there is a plugin for it in Gradle that does
+// a lot of the work for us as far as dealing with node.js builds. We're calling in that
+// plugin here
+plugins {
+  id "com.moowork.node" version "1.2.0"
+}
+
+// We've also got to confgure the plugin a little bit. This line will instruct the node plugin
+// to download and install node.js and npm locally, for this particular project. It ensures that
+// those are installed during the build, but not system-wide, just within this directory.
+node {
+  download = true
+}
+
+// Whenever we call the build task (it's a task called build) which will run any and all
+// other tasks that are required to actually call the build "built."
+task build
+
+task zip(type: Zip) {
+            from ('.') {
+                include "*"
+                include "bin/**"
+                include "data/**"
+                include "node_modules/**"
+                include "public/**"
+                include "routes/**"
+                include "views/**"
+            }
+            destinationDir(file("dist"))
+            baseName "trainSchedule"
+        }
+
+        build.dependsOn zip
+        zip.dependsOn npm_build
+
+
+// All we need to do, in order for this build to actually run, is to call some of the tasks
+// built in to the node.js and npm plugins. We're going to call them here.
+build.dependsOn npm_build
+npm_build.dependsOn npmInstall
+npm_build.dependsOn npm_test
+npm_test.dependsOn npmInstall
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e080ed02f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
+ *
+ * The settings file is used to specify which projects to include in your build.
+ * 
+ * Detailed information about configuring a multi-project build in Gradle can be found
+ * in the user guide at https://docs.gradle.org/4.6/userguide/multi_project_builds.html
+ */
+
+rootProject.name = 'cicd-pipeline-train-schedule-gradle'
diff --git a/views/index.jade b/views/index.jade
index 6e6be7155..a4525aefe 100644
--- a/views/index.jade
+++ b/views/index.jade
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ block content
     #trainInfo
       strong  <span id='trainName'></span>
       #trainSchedule
-        strong Select a train to view its current schedule.
\ No newline at end of file
+        strong Select a train to view its current schedule.