diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f3b507a..0c2f1a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
 
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.wizenoze</groupId>
     <artifactId>storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
@@ -29,7 +27,7 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:wizenoze/storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.git</connection>
         <url>https://github.com/wizenoze/storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus</url>
-        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+        <tag>0.0.1</tag>
     </scm>
 
     <distributionManagement>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a272553
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#release configuration
+#Mon Jan 14 16:39:21 CET 2019
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+remoteTagging=true
+project.scm.com.wizenoze\:storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.tag=HEAD
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.com.wizenoze\:storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.connection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:wizenoze/storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.git
+project.rel.com.wizenoze\:storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus=0.0.1
+completedPhase=end-release
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:wizenoze/storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.git
+project.dev.com.wizenoze\:storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus=0.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.com.wizenoze\:storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus.url=https\://github.com/wizenoze/storm-metrics-reporter-prometheus
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.version}
+pushChanges=true
+scm.tag=0.0.1
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+preparationGoals=clean verify