diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..569b635e0c54f79b69adb653254e8cec16e3170d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/.gradle
+/.settings
+/bin
+/build
+/.project
+/.classpath
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 22708dbb84d30608c3d40c1de8600c72297d045b..41b4755d225bc28563ea4304e4c93c6397d3af16 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
 group = 'it.unibz.inf.isochrones'
 version = '1.1-SNAPSHOT'
 
-description = 'Isochrones'
+description = 'PhD project of Nikolaus Krismer'
 
 def getDate() {
     def date = new Date()
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ checkstyle {
 
 eclipse {
 	project {
-		name = 'Isochrones'
-
 		buildCommand 'net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleBuilder'
 
 		natures = [
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 236b762b7b4673c78656ad7e374e44e6b89d38b1..86244ac6a10b584c4d7f258b46f053c9c86100da 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rootProject.name = 'Isochrones'
+rootProject.name = 'isochrone'