diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 79dbbf406..c353dfa17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ Then, you can run the app with:
 
     npm start
 
-Once it is running, you can access it in a browser at [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
\ No newline at end of file
+Once it is running, you can access it in a browser at [http://localhost:3000](http://localhost:3000)
+
+Test changes for automated build in Jenkins
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f51cc08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * This file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
+ *
+ * This is a general purpose Gradle build.
+ * Learn how to create Gradle builds at https://guides.gradle.org/creating-new-gradle-builds/
+ */
+plugins {
+  id("com.github.node-gradle.node") version "2.2.4"
+}
+
+node {
+  version    = '9.11.2'
+  download = true
+}
+
+task build
+// Create a task that is the Zip type
+    task zip(type: Zip) {
+// Find the files at . (dot) which means "right here in the root of the directory"
+              from ('.') {
+// Grab all of the files in the root directory, not the files AND subdirectories
+// with their files, just the files sitting right in the root directory.
+      		    include "*"
+// These next few lines have double asterisks, which means EVERYTHING. For each line, we want to grab the
+// directory that we've named, and everything (files and subdirectories) below it in the file tree.
+      		    include "bin/**"
+      		    include "data/**"
+      		    include "node_modules/**"
+      		    include "public/**"
+      		    include "routes/**"
+      		    include "views/**"
+      	    }
+// This is the destination where the zip file is going to land. We're putting it in a directory names dist,
+// which is going to be a subdirectory of the root directory.
+      	    destinationDir(file("dist"))
+// We're naming the zip file itself. When we're done, there should be a trainSchedule.zip sitting in the ./dist
+// directory.
+      	    baseName "trainSchedule"
+          }
+
+// This will make the build task call on the zip task. If zip doesn't finish, the build fails.
+          build.dependsOn zip
+// Here, we want to make sure our zip task runs after npm_build    
+          zip.dependsOn npm_build
+build.dependsOn npm_build
+npm_build.dependsOn npm_test
+npm_test.dependsOn npmInstall
diff --git a/dist/trainSchedule.zip b/dist/trainSchedule.zip
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index 000000000..d17f70814
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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'