diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 6b3aa9a..39824a6 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ Edit the "ImageJ.cfg" of your ImageJ installation
 Edit the `run` file of your ImageJ installation
 `java -Djava.library.path=./lib/mac32 -Xmx512m -jar ij.jar`
 
+
+
 # References 
 Inspired by: ImageJ HDF Plugin of Matthias Schlachter Chair of Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, University of Freiburg, Germany.
 https://code.google.com/p/imagej-hdf/
+
+
+# Development
+To create an all in one zip file for installation in a ImageJ installation use: 
+`mvn clean compile assembly:assembly`
+
+The zip file contains an all in one jar as well as the required native libraries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac25804..b71937a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@
 					<finalName>HDF5_Viewer-${pom.version}</finalName>
 					<appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
 					<archive />
-					<descriptorRefs>
-						<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-					</descriptorRefs>
+					<descriptors>
+						<descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly_jar.xml</descriptor>
+						<descriptor>src/main/assembly/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+					</descriptors>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2130b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <id>bin</id>
+    <!-- Generates a zip package containing the needed files -->
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+    </formats>
+
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+        	<directory>src/main/assembly/lib</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>lib</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/*</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+        <!-- adds fat-jar assembled earlier to the root directory of zip package -->
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>target</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>plugins</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>HDF5_Viewer*.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
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diff --git a/src/main/assembly/assembly_jar.xml b/src/main/assembly/assembly_jar.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cde244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/assembly_jar.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0" 
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+  <!-- TODO: a jarjar format would be better -->
+  <id>jar-with-dependencies</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>jar</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+      <unpack>true</unpack>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+</assembly>
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