diff --git a/application/pom.xml b/application/pom.xml
index 2dcfec6..642dfcb 100644
--- a/application/pom.xml
+++ b/application/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,29 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             -->
+            <!-- Copy additional start scripts to bin folder -->
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.5</version>
+                <executions>
+                  <execution>
+                    <id>copy-resources</id>
+                    <!-- here the phase you need -->
+                    <phase>compile</phase>
+                    <goals>
+                      <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+                    </goals>
+                    <configuration>
+                      <outputDirectory>${basedir}/target/fda/bin</outputDirectory>
+                      <resources>          
+                        <resource>
+                          <directory>src/main/scripts</directory>
+                        </resource>
+                      </resources>              
+                    </configuration>            
+                  </execution>
+                </executions>
+              </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/application/src/main/scripts/fda.bat b/application/src/main/scripts/fda.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a921d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/main/scripts/fda.bat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fda.exe -J-Xmx1024M
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diff --git a/application/src/main/scripts/fda_convert b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_convert
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9dbd70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_convert
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CURRENTDIR=`pwd`
+
+# Resolve symlinks
+BASEDIR=$0
+while [ -h "$BASEDIR" ]; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$BASEDIR"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '^.*-> \(.*\)$' 2>/dev/null`
+    if expr "$link" : '^/' 2> /dev/null >/dev/null; then
+        BASEDIR="$link"
+    else
+        BASEDIR="`dirname "$BASEDIR"`/$link"
+    fi
+done
+BASEDIR=`dirname "$BASEDIR"`
+
+SCRIPTNAME=`basename ${0}`
+
+APPLICATION_HOME=$BASEDIR/../..
+
+LIB_DIR=`find $BASEDIR/../fda/modules/ext -name "*.jar"`
+LIB_DIR=`echo $LIB_DIR | sed -e 's/ /:/g'`
+
+CLASSPATH=${APPLICATION_HOME}/config/:$LIB_DIR
+
+ARGUMENTS=
+VM_ARGUMENTS=
+for i in $@
+do
+        if [ `expr $i : '-D.*'` != '0' ] ;then
+                # Extract VM options
+                VM_ARGUMENTS="$VM_ARGUMENTS $i"
+        else
+                ARGUMENTS="$ARGUMENTS $i"
+        fi
+done
+
+# Execute java
+java -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -cp $CLASSPATH -Dch.psi.fda.home=${APPLICATION_HOME} -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${APPLICATION_HOME}/config/logging.properties $VM_ARGUMENTS ch.psi.fda.co.ConversionEngine $ARGUMENTS
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diff --git a/application/src/main/scripts/fda_scan b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_scan
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67358c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_scan
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CURRENTDIR=`pwd`
+
+# Resolve symlinks
+BASEDIR=$0
+while [ -h "$BASEDIR" ]; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$BASEDIR"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '^.*-> \(.*\)$' 2>/dev/null`
+    if expr "$link" : '^/' 2> /dev/null >/dev/null; then
+        BASEDIR="$link"
+    else
+        BASEDIR="`dirname "$BASEDIR"`/$link"
+    fi
+done
+BASEDIR=`dirname "$BASEDIR"`
+
+SCRIPTNAME=`basename ${0}`
+
+APPLICATION_HOME=$BASEDIR/../..
+
+LIB_DIR=`find $BASEDIR/../fda/modules/ext -name "*.jar"`
+LIB_DIR=`echo $LIB_DIR | sed -e 's/ /:/g'`
+
+CLASSPATH=${APPLICATION_HOME}/config/:$LIB_DIR
+
+ARGUMENTS=
+VM_ARGUMENTS=
+for i in $@
+do
+        if [ `expr $i : '-D.*'` != '0' ] ;then
+                # Extract VM options
+                VM_ARGUMENTS="$VM_ARGUMENTS $i"
+        else
+                ARGUMENTS="$ARGUMENTS $i"
+        fi
+done
+
+# Execute java
+java -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dch.psi.fda.home=${APPLICATION_HOME} $VM_ARGUMENTS -cp $CLASSPATH ch.psi.fda.aq.AcquisitionMain $ARGUMENTS
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diff --git a/application/src/main/scripts/fda_vis b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_vis
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f550fc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/src/main/scripts/fda_vis
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CURRENTDIR=`pwd`
+
+# Resolve symlinks
+BASEDIR=$0
+while [ -h "$BASEDIR" ]; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$BASEDIR"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '^.*-> \(.*\)$' 2>/dev/null`
+    if expr "$link" : '^/' 2> /dev/null >/dev/null; then
+        BASEDIR="$link"
+    else
+        BASEDIR="`dirname "$BASEDIR"`/$link"
+    fi
+done
+BASEDIR=`dirname "$BASEDIR"`
+
+SCRIPTNAME=`basename ${0}`
+
+APPLICATION_HOME=$BASEDIR/../..
+
+LIB_DIR=`find $BASEDIR/../fda/modules/ext -name "*.jar"`
+LIB_DIR=`echo $LIB_DIR | sed -e 's/ /:/g'`
+
+CLASSPATH=${APPLICATION_HOME}/config/:$LIB_DIR
+
+ARGUMENTS=
+VM_ARGUMENTS=
+for i in $@
+do
+        if [ `expr $i : '-D.*'` != '0' ] ;then
+                # Extract VM options
+                VM_ARGUMENTS="$VM_ARGUMENTS $i"
+        else
+                ARGUMENTS="$ARGUMENTS $i"
+        fi
+done
+
+# Execute java
+java -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -cp $CLASSPATH -Dch.psi.fda.home=${APPLICATION_HOME} -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${APPLICATION_HOME}/config/logging.properties $VM_ARGUMENTS ch.psi.fda.vis.VisualizationEngine $ARGUMENTS
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