diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6642ab8..ed73505 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -37,3 +37,6 @@ target/
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
 
+.gradle/
+build/
+!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
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diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..178fef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+plugins {
+    java
+}
+
+group = "com.alttd.destro174.custommotd"
+version = System.getenv("BUILD_NUMBER") ?: "DEV"
+description = "Allows setting custom MOTD in-game."
+
+dependencies {
+    compileOnly("com.alttd.cosmos:cosmos-api:26.2.build.17-stable")
+    compileOnly("me.clip:placeholderapi:2.12.3")
+}
+
+tasks {
+    withType<JavaCompile> {
+        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
+    }
+
+    withType<Javadoc> {
+        options.encoding = Charsets.UTF_8.name()
+    }
+
+    jar {
+        archiveFileName.set("${rootProject.name}.jar")
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..249e583
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30212c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.0.0-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e3d7bbf..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-    <groupId>com.alttd.destro174.custommotd</groupId>
-    <artifactId>CustomMOTD</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <build>
-        <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
-        <defaultGoal>clean package</defaultGoal>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.5.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-        <resources>
-            <resource>
-                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
-                <includes>
-                    <include>plugin.yml</include>
-                    <include>MOTD.yml</include>
-                    <include>counter.yml</include>
-                    <include>config.yml</include>
-                </includes>
-                <filtering>true</filtering>
-            </resource>
-        </resources>
-    </build>
-
-    <repositories>
-        <repository>
-            <id>placeholderapi</id>
-            <url>http://repo.extendedclip.com/content/repositories/placeholderapi/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </repositories>
-
-    <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.destroystokyo.paper</groupId>
-            <artifactId>paper</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16.3-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>me.clip</groupId>
-            <artifactId>placeholderapi</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.9</version>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
-    </dependencies>
-
-</project>
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diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f40fc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+rootProject.name = "CustomMOTD"
+
+val nexusUser = providers.gradleProperty("alttdSnapshotUsername").orNull ?: System.getenv("NEXUS_USERNAME")
+val nexusPass = providers.gradleProperty("alttdSnapshotPassword").orNull ?: System.getenv("NEXUS_PASSWORD")
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+    repositories {
+        mavenLocal()
+        mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url = uri("https://repo.alttd.com/repository/alttd-snapshot/")
+            credentials {
+                username = nexusUser
+                password = nexusPass
+            }
+        }
+        maven {
+            url = uri("https://repo.alttd.com/repository/alttd/")
+            credentials {
+                username = nexusUser
+                password = nexusPass
+            }
+        }
+        maven("https://repo.extendedclip.com/releases/")
+        maven("https://repo.destro.xyz/snapshots")
+    }
+    repositoriesMode.set(RepositoriesMode.FAIL_ON_PROJECT_REPOS)
+}
+
+pluginManagement {
+    repositories {
+        gradlePluginPortal()
+    }
+}
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