diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5c7cef8..43ba965 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /conf.xml
 /target
 /bin/
+/dist/
+/build/
diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c8282bd..edd5568 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 * Place internal classes in their own file.
 * Renamed package from fr.imirhil.april to org.april
 * Splitted launcher and CLI.
-
+* change Java version to 1.8
 
 * anonymized Twitter API key
 * eplaced Maven with Ant
diff --git a/build-appjar.xml b/build-appjar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f72b13f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-appjar.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<project default="main" name="Build-appjar">
+	<!--ANT 1.7 is required                                        -->
+	<property name="buildjar.version" value="1.8" />
+	<property file="build.properties" />
+	<property name="build.dir" value="${basedir}/build" />
+	<property name="build.src" value="${basedir}/src" />
+	<property name="build.classes" value="${build.dir}/classes" />
+	<property name="build.javadoc" value="${build.dir}/javadoc" />
+	<property name="test.src" value="${basedir}/test" />
+	<property name="test.classes" value="${build.dir}/test-classes" />
+	<property name="debug" value="on" />
+    <path id="project.libs">
+        <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib" includes="**/*.jar" excludes="*sources* *src*" />
+        <!--fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/Logs" includes="**.jar" excludes="*sources* *src*" /-->
+    </path>
+
+	<property name="classpath.absolute" value="${toString:project.libs}" />
+    <manifestclasspath property="classpath.relative" jarfile="hebdobot.jar">
+        <classpath refid="project.libs" />
+    </manifestclasspath>
+
+	<!-- ***** Main ***** -->
+    <target name="main" description="Manage distribution build" depends="dist, clean">
+        <echo>Done.</echo>
+    </target>
+    
+	<!-- ***** Help ***** --> 
+    <target name="help" description="Display detailed usage information">
+    	<echo>Type ant -p</echo>
+    </target> 
+
+	<!-- ***** Clear ***** -->
+	<target name="clear" description="Clear temporary directories before work">
+		<delete dir="${build.dir}" />
+	</target>
+	
+	<!-- ***** Clean ***** -->
+    <target name="clean" description="Clear temporary directories after work">
+        <delete dir="${build.dir}" />
+    </target>
+
+	<!-- ***** Compile ***** -->
+    <target name="compile" description="Compile project">
+		<delete dir="${build.classes}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${build.classes}" />
+        <echo>classpath=${toString:project.libs}</echo>
+        <javac srcdir="${build.src}" destdir="${build.classes}" classpath="${toString:project.libs}" debug="${debug}"  deprecation="on" includeantruntime="no" />
+    </target>
+
+	<!-- ***** copy stuff ***** -->
+    <target name="copysourcestuff" description="Copy source files other than Java">
+		<copy todir="${build.classes}">
+			<fileset dir="${build.src}" excludes="**/*.java" />
+		</copy>
+    </target>
+    
+	<!-- ***** JavaDoc ***** -->
+	<target name="javadoc" description="Javadoc construction">
+		<javadoc sourcepath="${build.src}" destdir="${build.javadoc}">
+			<classpath>
+				<fileset dir="lib" includes="**/*.jar" />
+			</classpath>
+		</javadoc>
+	</target>
+	
+	<!-- ***** Dist ***** -->
+    <target name="dist" description="Build distribution directory" depends="clear,compile,copysourcestuff,javadoc">
+        <!--echo message="==========>Build Classpath: ${classpath.absolute}" /-->
+        <!--echo message="==========>Manifest Classpath: ${classpath.relative}" /-->
+
+    	<!-- AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT -->
+        <buildnumber file="build.num" description="Id of the build"/>
+        <property name="dist.version" value="${product.revision.major}.${product.revision.minor}.${build.number}" />
+        <property name="dist.name" value="${product.name}-${dist.version}" />
+        <property name="dist.dir" value="${basedir}/dist/${product.name}-${dist.version}" />
+        <tstamp>
+            <format property="dist.time" pattern="dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss" />
+        </tstamp>
+    
+    	<!-- -->
+        <delete dir="${dist.dir}" />
+        <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}"/>
+
+        <!-- Update build_information.properties file -->
+        <property name="build.information.file" value="${build.dir}/build_information.properties" />
+        <propertyfile file="${build.information.file}" >
+            <entry  key="product.name" value="${product.name}"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.major" value="${product.revision.major}"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.minor" value="${product.revision.minor}"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.build" value="${build.number}"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.date" type="date" value="now"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.generator" value="Ant"/>
+            <entry  key="product.revision.author" value="${user.name}"/>
+        </propertyfile>
+
+
+    	<!-- Build the jar file list. -->
+		<!-- Package jar -->
+		<property name="dist.jar" value="${dist.dir}/${product.name}.jar" />
+		<jar destfile="${dist.jar}">
+			<restrict>
+			     <name regex=".*/*\.(class|pom|properties|xsd)"/>
+			     <archives>
+			     	<zips>
+			            <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib" includes="**/*.jar" excludes="*sources* *src*" />
+			     	</zips>
+			     </archives>
+			</restrict>
+			<manifest>
+				<attribute name="Built-By" value="${user.name} using ant" />
+				<attribute name="Built-Date" value="${dist.time}" />
+  		        <attribute name="Main-Class" value = "org.april.hebdobot.HebdobotLauncher"/>
+			</manifest>
+			<fileset dir="${build.classes}" />
+            <!--zipfileset dir="${basedir}/lib" includes="${toString:project.libs}" /-->
+		</jar>
+    	
+		<!-- Package sources -->
+		<property name="dist.srczip" value="${dist.dir}/${dist.name}-sources.zip" />
+		<zip destfile="${dist.srczip}" update="true" preserve0permissions="true">
+			<fileset dir="${build.src}" />
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}/" includes="LICENSE" />
+		</zip>
+
+		<!-- Package Javadoc -->
+		<property name="dist.javadoc.zip" value="${dist.dir}/${dist.name}-javadoc.zip" />
+		<zip destfile="${dist.javadoc.zip}" update="true">
+			<fileset dir="${build.javadoc}" />
+			<zipfileset dir="${basedir}/" includes="LICENSE" />
+		</zip>
+
+			
+	    <!-- Copy stuff -->
+        <copy file="resources/scripts/${product.name}.sh" todir="${dist.dir}/" overwrite="true" />
+        <chmod file="${dist.dir}/${product.name}.sh" perm="ugo+rx" />
+		<copy file="LICENSE" todir="${dist.dir}/" overwrite="true" failonerror="false" />
+		<copy file="README" todir="${dist.dir}/" overwrite="true" failonerror="false" />
+		<copy file="README.md" todir="${dist.dir}/" overwrite="true" failonerror="false" />
+        <!--copy file="scripts/log4j.properties" todir="${dist.dir}/" overwrite="true" /-->
+    	
+        <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}/conf" />
+		<copy todir="${dist.dir}/conf">
+			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/conf" includes="*" />
+		</copy>
+        <mkdir dir="${dist.dir}/man"/>
+		<copy todir="${dist.dir}/man">
+			<fileset dir="${basedir}/resources/man" includes="*" />
+		</copy>
+    	
+    	<delete file="${build.information.file}" />
+    </target>
+	
+	<!-- ***** Build and GIT ***** -->
+	<target name="buildandgit" depends="dist,clean">
+		<echo message="Commit build.num" />
+		<exec executable="git" outputproperty="git.commit.out" failifexecutionfails="true">
+			<arg line="commit -m 'Build ${dist.version}' build.num" />
+		</exec>
+		<echo message="${git.commit.out}" />
+
+		<echo message="Tag" />
+		<exec executable="git" outputproperty="git.tag.out" failifexecutionfails="true">
+			<arg line="tag -a ${dist.version} -m 'Build ${dist.version}'" />
+		</exec>
+		<echo message="${git.tag.out}" />
+
+		<echo message="Push" />
+		<exec executable="git" outputproperty="git.push.out" failifexecutionfails="true">
+			<arg line="push --follow-tags" />
+		</exec>
+		<echo message="${git.push.out}" />
+	</target>
+</project>
diff --git a/build.num b/build.num
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a99ac7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.num
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#Build Number for ANT. Do not edit!
+#Sat Jan 06 02:22:43 CET 2018
+build.number=0
diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..946202c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+product.name=hebdobot
+product.revision.major=2
+product.revision.minor=0
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..116375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#/bin/bash
+
+echo "Hebdobot build"
+
+okCount=0
+
+# Ant check.
+antCheck=`which ant`
+if [[ "$antCheck" =~ ^/.* ]]; then
+	echo "Ant requirement................ OK"
+	let "okCount+=1"
+else
+	echo "Ant requirement................ MISSING"
+fi
+
+# Javac check.
+javacCheck=`which javac`
+if [[ "$javacCheck" =~ ^/.* ]]; then
+	echo "Javac requirement.............. OK"
+	let "okCount+=1"
+else
+	echo "Javac requirement.............. MISSING"
+fi
+
+# Java version check.
+javaVersionCheck=`javac -version 2>&1`
+if [[ "$javaVersionCheck" =~ ^.*\ 1.8 ]]; then
+	echo "Java 8 version requirement..... OK"
+	let "okCount+=1"
+else
+	echo "Java 8 version requirement..... MISSING"
+fi
+
+if [ "$okCount" == 3 ]; then
+    echo "Requirement OK"
+    ant -f build.xml
+else
+    echo "Requirement MISSING, build abort"
+fi
+
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39c1ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
+<project default="dist" name="Build">
+	<!-- -->
+	<import file="build-appjar.xml" />
+</project>
diff --git a/buildandgit.xml b/buildandgit.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7f899b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildandgit.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" ?>
+<project default="buildandgit" name="BuildAndGit">
+	<!-- -->
+	<import file="build-appjar.xml" />
+</project>
diff --git a/resources/scripts/hebdobot.cron b/resources/conf/hebdobot.cron
similarity index 100%
rename from resources/scripts/hebdobot.cron
rename to resources/conf/hebdobot.cron
diff --git a/resources/scripts/hebdobot.initd b/resources/conf/hebdobot.initd
similarity index 92%
rename from resources/scripts/hebdobot.initd
rename to resources/conf/hebdobot.initd
index 72ef3a0..512ee7d 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/hebdobot.initd
+++ b/resources/conf/hebdobot.initd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ NAME=hebdobot
 BASE_DIR=/srv/$NAME
 PID_FILE=$BASE_DIR/$NAME.pid
 DAEMON=$(which java)
-DAEMON_ARGS="-cp *:lib/* fr.imirhil.april.hebdobot.Application"
+DAEMON_ARGS=""
 
 CMD="/sbin/start-stop-daemon --chdir $BASE_DIR --quiet --make-pidfile --pidfile $PID_FILE --exec $DAEMON"
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/resources/conf/log4j-default.properties b/resources/conf/log4j-default.properties
index c330438..338bd1e 100644
--- a/resources/conf/log4j-default.properties
+++ b/resources/conf/log4j-default.properties
@@ -7,3 +7,33 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern = %d %-5p %c - %m%n
 #log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern  = %d{ISO8601} - Hebdobot [%-5p] %34.34c.%25M - %m%n
 
+
+
+# Log information (priority setting : DEBUG < INFO < WARN < ERROR)
+# ################
+log4j.rootLogger                			= INFO, RSLisi-Writer, CONSOLE
+
+log4j.logger.fr.devinsy.hico				= DEBUG
+log4j.logger.fr.devinsy.kiss4web			= DEBUG
+log4j.logger.fr.devinsy.xidyn				= INFO
+log4j.logger.fr.devinsy.xidyn.Presenter		= INFO
+log4j.logger.fr.devinsy.xidyn.FilePresenter	= DEBUG
+log4j.logger.eu.republiquesociale			= DEBUG
+
+
+
+#--
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.CONSOLE.layout.ConversionPattern  = %d{ISO8601} - RSLisi [%-5p] %34.34c.%25M - %m%n
+
+
+#--
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer                           = org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer.File                      = /services/RSLisi/rslisi.log
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer.MaxFileSize               = 100000KB
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer.MaxBackupIndex            = 100
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer.layout                    = org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.RSLisi-Writer.layout.ConversionPattern  = %d{ISO8601} - RSLisi [%-5p] %-50c.%30M - %m%n
+
+
diff --git a/resources/launch4j.xml b/resources/launch4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12a921c..0000000
--- a/resources/launch4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<launch4jConfig>
-  <dontWrapJar>true</dontWrapJar>
-  <headerType>console</headerType>
-  <jar>hebdobot.jar</jar>
-  <outfile>target/hebdobot/hebdobot.exe</outfile>
-  <chdir>.</chdir>
-  <priority>normal</priority>
-  <downloadUrl>http://java.com/download</downloadUrl>
-  <customProcName>false</customProcName>
-  <stayAlive>false</stayAlive>
-  <icon>hebdobot.ico</icon>
-  <classPath>
-    <mainClass>org.april.hebdobot.Bot</mainClass>
-    <cp>lib/*</cp>
-  </classPath>
-  <jre>
-    <minVersion>1.7.0</minVersion>
-    <jdkPreference>preferJre</jdkPreference>
-  </jre>
-</launch4jConfig>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/scripts/build.sh b/resources/scripts/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index eca4afe..0000000
--- a/resources/scripts/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#/bin/sh
-mvn clean install
-mkdir target/hebdobot
-cp target/hebdobot-*.jar target/hebdobot/hebdobot.jar
-cp exe/* target/hebdobot
-cp LICENSE target/hebdobot
-mvn dependency:copy-dependencies -DoutputDirectory=target/hebdobot/lib
-launch4j launch4j.xml
-(cd target; zip -r9 hebdobot.zip hebdobot)
diff --git a/resources/scripts/hebdobot.sh b/resources/scripts/hebdobot.sh
index 810e734..4937d8d 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/hebdobot.sh
+++ b/resources/scripts/hebdobot.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,28 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-java -cp '*:lib/*' org.april.hebdobot
+#!/bin/bash
+
+okCount=0
+
+# Java check.
+javaCheck=`which java`
+if [[ "$javaCheck" =~ ^/.* ]]; then
+	echo "Java requirement............... OK"
+	let "okCount+=1"
+else
+	echo "Java requirement............... MISSING"
+fi
+
+
+# Java version check.
+javaVersionCheck=`java -version 2>&1`
+if [[ "$javaVersionCheck" =~ ^.*\ 1.8 ]]; then
+	echo "Java 8 version requirement..... OK"
+	let "okCount+=1"
+else
+	echo "Java 8 version requirement..... MISSING"
+fi
+
+if [ "$okCount" == 2 ]; then
+	java -jar hebdobot.jar $@
+else
+    echo "Sorry, Hebdobot launch requires Java 8, abort."
+fi
diff --git a/src/org/april/hebdobot/util/HebdobotUtils.java b/src/org/april/hebdobot/util/HebdobotUtils.java
index cbdc369..2f87ec1 100644
--- a/src/org/april/hebdobot/util/HebdobotUtils.java
+++ b/src/org/april/hebdobot/util/HebdobotUtils.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.math.NumberUtils;
-import org.april.hebdobot.HebdobotException;
 
 /**
  * The Class Launcher.
@@ -45,9 +44,8 @@ public class HebdobotUtils
      * @param source
      *            the source
      * @return the properties
-     * @throws HebdobotException
-     *             the hebdobot exception
      * @throws IOException
+     *             Signals that an I/O exception has occurred.
      */
     public static Properties loadProperties(final File source) throws IOException
     {