diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76be72d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+## Build
+
+1. Install a Java JDK
+2. Install Gradle
+3. `gradle build`
diff --git a/loganalysis/build.gradle b/loganalysis/build.gradle
index 3c68dbd..cd42ab6 100644
--- a/loganalysis/build.gradle
+++ b/loganalysis/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   compile('cascading:cascading-core:2.0.+') { exclude group: 'log4j' }
   compile('cascading:cascading-xml:2.0.+')
-  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+') { transitive = false }
+  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+')
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ task dist(type: Tar, dependsOn: distCopy) {
   classifier = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").format(new Date())
 
   from "${buildDir}/dist/"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/logparser/build.gradle b/logparser/build.gradle
index 3c68dbd..cd42ab6 100644
--- a/logparser/build.gradle
+++ b/logparser/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   compile('cascading:cascading-core:2.0.+') { exclude group: 'log4j' }
   compile('cascading:cascading-xml:2.0.+')
-  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+') { transitive = false }
+  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+')
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ task dist(type: Tar, dependsOn: distCopy) {
   classifier = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").format(new Date())
 
   from "${buildDir}/dist/"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/wordcount/build.gradle b/wordcount/build.gradle
index 3c68dbd..cd42ab6 100644
--- a/wordcount/build.gradle
+++ b/wordcount/build.gradle
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
   compile('cascading:cascading-core:2.0.+') { exclude group: 'log4j' }
   compile('cascading:cascading-xml:2.0.+')
-  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+') { transitive = false }
+  compile('cascading:cascading-hadoop:2.0.+')
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ task dist(type: Tar, dependsOn: distCopy) {
   classifier = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd").format(new Date())
 
   from "${buildDir}/dist/"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}