diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 1c8f388b..47d789fb 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ pipeline {
     agent any
 
     tools {
-        gradle 'Gradle-6'
+        gradle 'Gradle-9'
     }
 
 
diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
index 8f1d0e3b..1e882d73 100644
--- a/Procfile
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web: ./build/install/todo/bin/todo
+web: java -Dserver.port=$PORT --add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED -jar build/libs/*.jar
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 282bb1e5..7416b103 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Java-Week3-ToDo-List
 
-Author: Brian Marete
+Author: Kennedy Mukuna.
 
 Official repo for the "To Do List" project using Java, Spark, Handlebars etc for week 3 of java unit.
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9c53499e..3a2d4e0c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,10 +6,28 @@ plugins {
 group 'to-do.list'
 version '1.0-SNAPSHOT'
 
-applicationName = "todo"
-mainClassName = 'App'
+application {
+    mainClass = 'App'
+}
+
+jar {
+    manifest {
+        attributes 'Main-Class': 'App'
+    }
+    from {
+        configurations.runtimeClasspath.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
+    }
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
+}
 
-sourceCompatibility = 1.8
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+    targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+}
+
+test {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+}
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -18,6 +36,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.0'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher:1.7.0'
     implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-core:2.6.0"
     implementation "com.sparkjava:spark-template-handlebars:2.5.5"
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.21'
@@ -25,5 +44,4 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'com.h2database', name: 'h2', version: '1.4.191'
 }
 
-
-task stage(dependsOn: ['clean', 'installDist'])
+task stage(dependsOn: ['clean', 'installDist'])
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diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index bb8b2fc2..d30212c0 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5.1-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists