diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f2c72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<classpath>
+	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
+		<attributes>
+			<attribute name="module" value="true"/>
+		</attributes>
+	</classpathentry>
+	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src"/>
+	<classpathentry kind="output" path="bin"/>
+</classpath>
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 11b539d..9223d0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Java
 bin/
-*.classpath
-*.project
 
 # Compiled class file
 *.class
diff --git a/.project b/.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26d13aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.project
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>desktopFileMerger</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>