diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5c41c842..20a82ffd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-allprojects {
+subprojects {
+    apply plugin: 'groovy'
+    apply plugin: 'application'
+
+    dependencies {
+        compile 'net.i2p:i2p:0.9.35'
+        compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.5.0'
+    }
+
+    compileGroovy {
+        groovyOptions.optimizationOptions.indy = true
+    }
+
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
diff --git a/host-cache/build.gradle b/host-cache/build.gradle
index 37c77884..75ed482c 100644
--- a/host-cache/build.gradle
+++ b/host-cache/build.gradle
@@ -1,13 +1 @@
-apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
-dependencies {
-    compile 'net.i2p:i2p:0.9.35'
-    compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.5.0'
-}
-
-compileGroovy {
-    groovyOptions.optimizationOptions.indy = true
-}
-
 mainClassName = 'com.muwire.hostcache.HostCache'
diff --git a/pinger/build.gradle b/pinger/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32c364c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinger/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mainClassName = 'com.muwire.pinger.Pinger'
diff --git a/pinger/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/pinger/Pinger.groovy b/pinger/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/pinger/Pinger.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42ebb813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinger/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/pinger/Pinger.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.muwire.pinger
+
+public class Pinger {
+    public static void main(String []args) {
+        println "ping"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 5e93f7ae..d8f44159 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+include 'pinger'
 include 'host-cache'