diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77d93bf..71a6b69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     
     <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</connection>
-        <url>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</url>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</developerConnection>
+        <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</connection>
+        <url>scm:git:git@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</url>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</developerConnection>
       <tag>epub-creator-1.0.1</tag>
   </scm>
     
diff --git a/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d5063e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<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>
+    <groupId>coza.opencollab.epub</groupId>
+    <artifactId>epub-creator</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</connection>
+        <url>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</url>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:francois-opencollab@github.com:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git</developerConnection>
+      <tag>HEAD</tag>
+  </scm>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.7</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.7</maven.compiler.target>
+    </properties>
+    
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.10</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlcleaner</groupId>
+            <artifactId>htmlcleaner</artifactId>
+            <version>2.8</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.4</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-collections</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        
+    </dependencies>
+    
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5.3</version>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+    
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>opencollab-maven-public-releases</id>
+            <name>OPENCOLLAB public releases repository</name>
+            <url>https://nexus3.opencollab.co.za/repository/opencollab-maven-public-releases</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>opencollab-maven-public-snapshots</id>
+            <name>OPENCOLLAB public snaphots repository</name>
+            <url>https://nexus3.opencollab.co.za/repository/opencollab-maven-public-snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+    <profiles>
+   <profile>
+      <id>releases</id>
+      <build>
+         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>1.5.1</version>
+               <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                     <id>default-deploy</id>
+                     <phase>deploy</phase>
+                     <goals>
+                        <goal>deploy</goal>
+                     </goals>
+                  </execution>
+               </executions>
+               <configuration>
+                  <serverId>nexus-releases</serverId>
+                  <nexusUrl>https://nexus3.opencollab.co.za/repository/opencollab-maven-public-releases</nexusUrl>
+                  <skipStaging>true</skipStaging>
+               </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+         </plugins>
+      </build>
+   </profile>
+</profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..127a898
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#release configuration
+#Wed Nov 06 00:48:36 SAST 2019
+project.scm.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator.tag=HEAD
+project.scm.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:francois-opencollab@github.com\:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+project.scm.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator.url=scm\:git\:francois-opencollab@github.com\:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git
+scm.tag=epub-creator-1.0.1
+pushChanges=true
+scm.url=scm\:git\:francois-opencollab@github.com\:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+remoteTagging=true
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+project.scm.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator.connection=scm\:git\:francois-opencollab@github.com\:OpenCollabZA/epub-creator.git
+project.dev.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator=1.0.2-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.coza.opencollab.epub\:epub-creator=1.0.1
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+completedPhase=scm-commit-release