diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f182a0..118b353 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *.class
 
+bin/*
+
 # Package Files #
 *.jar
 *.war
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a6b241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<project basedir="." default="build" name="Goldfish">
+    <property environment="env"/>
+    <property name="debuglevel" value="source,lines,vars"/>
+    <property name="target" value="1.6"/>
+    <property name="source" value="1.6"/>
+    <path id="Goldfish.classpath">
+        <pathelement location="bin"/>
+    </path>
+
+    <manifestclasspath property="manifest_cp" jarfile="bin/Goldfish.jar">
+        <classpath refid="Goldfish.classpath" />
+    </manifestclasspath>
+
+    <manifest file="bin/MANIFEST.MF">
+        <attribute name="Main-Class"
+            value="edu.stuy.goldfish.Goldfish" />
+        <attribute name="Created-By"
+            value="Ben Kurtovic, Josh Hofing, and Kevin Li" />
+        <attribute name="Class-Path"
+            value="${manifest_cp}" />
+    </manifest>
+
+
+    <target name="init">
+        <mkdir dir="bin"/>
+        <mkdir dir="src"/>
+        <mkdir dir="src/rules" />
+        <copy includeemptydirs="false" todir="bin">
+            <fileset dir="src">
+                <exclude name="**/*.java"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </copy>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="clean">
+        <delete dir="bin"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target depends="clean" name="cleanall"/>
+    
+    <target depends="build-project" name="build"/>
+    
+
+    <target depends="init" name="build-project">
+        <echo message="${ant.project.name}: ${ant.file}"/>
+        <javac debug="true" debuglevel="${debuglevel}" destdir="bin" source="${source}" target="${target}" includeantruntime="false" >
+            <src path="src"/>
+            <classpath refid="Goldfish.classpath"/>
+        </javac>
+        <jar file="bin/Goldfish.jar"
+            manifest="bin/MANIFEST.MF" >
+            <fileset dir="bin">
+                <include name="**/*.class"/>
+            </fileset>
+        </jar>
+    </target>
+
+    <target depends="build-project" name="run">
+        <java jar="bin/${ant.project.name}.jar" fork="true" />
+    </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/Goldfish.java b/src/Goldfish.java
index b31df93..d3f3489 100644
--- a/src/Goldfish.java
+++ b/src/Goldfish.java
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish;
+
+
+import edu.stuy.goldfish.rules.*;
+
 public class Goldfish {
 
     private Grid _grid;
@@ -10,5 +15,6 @@ public class Goldfish {
 
     public static void main (String[] args) {
         Goldfish g = new Goldfish();
+        Conway c = new Conway();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Grid.java b/src/Grid.java
index 0d265ba..4eb28cb 100644
--- a/src/Grid.java
+++ b/src/Grid.java
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish;
+
 public class Grid {
 
     private Patch[][] _grid;
diff --git a/src/Patch.java b/src/Patch.java
index 63ae173..264220f 100644
--- a/src/Patch.java
+++ b/src/Patch.java
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish;
+
 public class Patch {
     private int _pxcor, _pycor;
     private String _plabel;
@@ -9,6 +11,10 @@ public class Patch {
         _pycor = ycor;
     }
 
+    public Patch () {
+        this(new Grid(), 0, 0);
+    }
+
     public String toString() {
         return _plabel;
     }
diff --git a/src/Render.java b/src/Render.java
index eaeea53..de3fe2e 100644
--- a/src/Render.java
+++ b/src/Render.java
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish;
+
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 
diff --git a/src/rules/Conway.java b/src/rules/Conway.java
index 33ccab0..9daae4b 100644
--- a/src/rules/Conway.java
+++ b/src/rules/Conway.java
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish.rules;
+
+import edu.stuy.goldfish.Patch;
 public class Conway extends RuleSet {
+
+    public Conway () {
+        Patch p = new Patch();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/rules/RuleSet.java b/src/rules/RuleSet.java
index a2a5357..309fe15 100644
--- a/src/rules/RuleSet.java
+++ b/src/rules/RuleSet.java
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
+package edu.stuy.goldfish.rules;
+
 public class RuleSet {
 }