diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/PomUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/PomUtil.java
index cba79c1..5d61b0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/PomUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/PomUtil.java
@@ -27,5 +27,4 @@ public static Model asModel(String path) throws IOException {
         ModelReader modelReader = new DefaultModelReader();
         return modelReader.read(new File(pomPath.toAbsolutePath().toString()), null);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/commands/GenerateAppCommand.java b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/commands/GenerateAppCommand.java
index 1df4363..475a8ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/commands/GenerateAppCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/commands/GenerateAppCommand.java
@@ -1,15 +1,22 @@
 package org.dominokit.cli.commands;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+import org.apache.maven.model.Model;
+import org.dominokit.cli.PomUtil;
+import org.dominokit.cli.model.Module;
 import org.dominokit.cli.model.Project;
 import org.dominokit.cli.structure.files.VelocityContentProcessor;
 import org.dominokit.cli.structure.folders.Folder;
 import org.dominokit.cli.structure.folders.Folder_MapperImpl;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
+import static java.util.Objects.isNull;
+import static java.util.Objects.nonNull;
 import static picocli.CommandLine.*;
 
 @Command(
@@ -31,8 +38,7 @@ public class GenerateAppCommand implements Runnable {
 
     @Option(
             names = {"-g", "--groupId"},
-            description = "The project group ID, this will be used also for root package name",
-            required = true
+            description = "The project group ID, this will be used also for root package name"
     )
     private String groupId;
 
@@ -59,18 +65,37 @@ public class GenerateAppCommand implements Runnable {
     @Override
     public void run() {
 
+        Model parentPom = null;
         PathUtils.setWorkingDir(workingDire);
+        try {
+            parentPom = PomUtil.asModel("");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            LOGGER.info("No parent pom was found, creating a root project.");
+        }
 
         Project project = new Project();
+
         project.setName(name);
         project.setArtifactId(name);
-        project.setGroupId(groupId);
-        project.setVersion(VERSION);
+
+
+        if (nonNull(parentPom)) {
+            project.setVersion(parentPom.getVersion());
+            project.setParentArtifactId(parentPom.getArtifactId());
+            project.setHasParent(true);
+            project.setGroupId(parentPom.getGroupId());
+            if(isNull(groupId)) {
+                groupId = parentPom.getGroupId();
+            }
+        } else {
+            project.setVersion(VERSION);
+        }
+
         project.setRootPackage(groupId);
         project.setModuleShortName(name
                 .replace("-", "")
-                .replace(".","")
-                .replace(" ","")
+                .replace(".", "")
+                .replace(" ", "")
         );
 
         try {
@@ -81,20 +106,40 @@ public void run() {
                     .read(projectTemplateConfig);
             folder.write(Paths.get(PathUtils.getUserDir()), project);
 
+            if(project.isHasParent()){
+                addProjectToParent(project, parentPom);
+            }
+
         } catch (IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 
     private String getTemplateByType(boolean j2cl, String type) {
-        String compiler = j2cl?"j2cl":"gwt";
+        String compiler = j2cl ? "j2cl" : "gwt";
+
+        if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("mvp")) {
+            return "template/project/" + compiler + "/domino-mvp.json";
+        } else if (type.equalsIgnoreCase("basic")) {
+            return "template/project/" + compiler + "/domino-basic.json";
+        }
+        LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unrecognized application type : " + type);
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized application type : " + type);
+    }
 
-        if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("mvp")){
-            return "template/project/"+compiler+"/domino-mvp.json";
-        }else if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("basic")){
-            return "template/project/"+compiler+"/domino-basic.json";
+    private void addProjectToParent(Project project, Model parentPomModel) throws IOException {
+
+        String parentPom;
+        try {
+            parentPom = PomUtil.asString(parentPomModel);
+            if (parentPom.contains("<modules>")) {
+                parentPom = parentPom.replace("</modules>", "\t<module>" + project.getArtifactId() + "</module>\n\t</modules>");
+            } else {
+                parentPom = parentPom.replace("</project>", "\n\t<modules>\n\t\t<module>" + project.getArtifactId() + "</module>\n\t</modules>\n</project>");
+            }
+            FileUtils.write(parentPomModel.getPomFile(), parentPom, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
         }
-        LOGGER.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unrecognized application type : "+type);
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unrecognized application type : "+type);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/model/Project.java b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/model/Project.java
index de453bd..5bebfaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/model/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dominokit/cli/model/Project.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ public class Project implements IsContext {
     private String version;
     private String rootPackage;
     private String moduleShortName;
+    private boolean hasParent = false;
+    private String parentArtifactId;
 
     public String getName() {
         return name;
@@ -61,6 +63,22 @@ public void setModuleShortName(String moduleShortName) {
         this.moduleShortName = moduleShortName;
     }
 
+    public boolean isHasParent() {
+        return hasParent;
+    }
+
+    public void setHasParent(boolean hasParent) {
+        this.hasParent = hasParent;
+    }
+
+    public String getParentArtifactId() {
+        return parentArtifactId;
+    }
+
+    public void setParentArtifactId(String parentArtifactId) {
+        this.parentArtifactId = parentArtifactId;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public VelocityContext asContext() {
         VelocityContext context = new VelocityContext();
@@ -70,6 +88,8 @@ public VelocityContext asContext() {
         context.put("version", version);
         context.put("rootPackage", rootPackage);
         context.put("moduleShortName", moduleShortName);
+        context.put("hasParent", hasParent);
+        context.put("parentArtifactId", parentArtifactId);
         return context;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/app/gwt/mvp/pom.xml b/src/main/resources/app/gwt/mvp/pom.xml
index 210dd08..5747ff9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/app/gwt/mvp/pom.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/app/gwt/mvp/pom.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,22 @@
 <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>
+    #if( $hasParent )
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+        <artifactId>${parentArtifactId}</artifactId>
+        <version>${version}</version>
+    </parent>
+    <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+
+    #else
 
     <groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
     <artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
     <version>${version}</version>
+
+    #end
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/app/j2cl/basic/__name__-server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/src/main/resources/app/j2cl/basic/__name__-server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 96015c8..8d77258 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/app/j2cl/basic/__name__-server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/app/j2cl/basic/__name__-server/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -3,30 +3,9 @@
   xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
   version="2.5">
 
-	<!-- Servlets -->
-  <servlet>
-    <servlet-name>greetServlet</servlet-name>
-    <servlet-class>${rootPackage}.GreetingService</servlet-class>
-  </servlet>
-
-  <servlet-mapping>
-    <servlet-name>greetServlet</servlet-name>
-    <url-pattern>/app/greet</url-pattern>
-  </servlet-mapping>
-
 	<!-- Default page to serve -->
   <welcome-file-list>
     <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file>
   </welcome-file-list>
 
-  <servlet>
-    <servlet-name>WebjarsServlet</servlet-name>
-    <servlet-class>org.webjars.servlet.WebjarsServlet</servlet-class>
-    <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
-  </servlet>
-  <servlet-mapping>
-    <servlet-name>WebjarsServlet</servlet-name>
-    <url-pattern>/webjars/*</url-pattern>
-  </servlet-mapping>
-
 </web-app>