diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b0f581
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+target
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 49e16f7..f4de492 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,40 +12,43 @@
   <name>storm-hbase</name>
   <description>Component for HBase as a Storm Bolt</description>
 
-	<properties>
-	    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-		<hadoop.version>0.20.2-cdh3u2 </hadoop.version>
-		<hbase.version>0.90.4-cdh3u2 </hbase.version>
-	</properties>
-	
+  <properties>
+    <storm.version>0.9.0</storm.version>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <hadoop.version>0.20.2-cdh3u2 </hadoop.version>
+    <hbase.version>0.90.4-cdh3u2 </hbase.version>
+  </properties>
+  
   <dependencies>
-  		<dependency>
-  	  		<groupId>storm</groupId>
-  	  		<artifactId>storm</artifactId>
-  		</dependency>
-  		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2-cdh3u2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
-			<version>0.20.2-cdh3u2</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
-			<version>0.90.4-cdh3u2</version>
-		</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>storm</groupId>
+      <artifactId>storm-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${storm.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-core</artifactId>
+      <version>0.20.2-cdh3u2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-test</artifactId>
+      <version>0.20.2-cdh3u2</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hbase</artifactId>
+      <version>0.90.4-cdh3u2</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   
   <repositories>
-	<repository>
-		<id>Cloudera</id>
-		<name>Cloudera Repository</name>
-		<url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos/</url>
-	</repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>Cloudera</id>
+      <name>Cloudera Repository</name>
+      <url>https://repository.cloudera.com/artifactory/cloudera-repos/</url>
+    </repository>
   </repositories>
 
   <build>
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+	<version>2.5.1</version>
         <configuration>
           <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
           <source>6</source>