diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..958724a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.iml
+.gradle
+.idea
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a34b761..4430fbd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ dependencies {
     // compile "org.stagemonitor:stagemonitor-alerting:$stagemonitorVersion"
     // compile "org.stagemonitor:stagemonitor-ehcache:$stagemonitorVersion"
 }
+
+task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
+    gradleVersion = "4.10.2"
+    distributionType = "all"
+}
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f34a614..019065d 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Tue Jan 16 08:45:08 CET 2018
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.4.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-4.10.2-all.zip