diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e69102e..94f7a65 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-\.idea
-\target
-UltimateStacker.iml
-.settings/
-.classpath
-.project
\ No newline at end of file
+/**/target/
+
+/.idea/
+/*.iml
diff --git a/Bootstrap/pom.xml b/Bootstrap/pom.xml
index 889aea1..f01df61 100644
--- a/Bootstrap/pom.xml
+++ b/Bootstrap/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <release>${java.release}</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -60,4 +61,4 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/UltimateStacker/pom.xml b/UltimateStacker/pom.xml
index cfccb7d..0cf894c 100644
--- a/UltimateStacker/pom.xml
+++ b/UltimateStacker/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
 
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
+                    <source>${java.version}</source>
+                    <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <release>${java.release}</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
diff --git a/UltimateStackerAPI/pom.xml b/UltimateStackerAPI/pom.xml
index 9470c01..e3f5934 100644
--- a/UltimateStackerAPI/pom.xml
+++ b/UltimateStackerAPI/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <source>${java.version}</source>
                     <target>${java.version}</target>
+                    <release>${java.release}</release>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1cd857..0649ab5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
     <properties>
         <revision>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+        <java.release>8</java.release>
+
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>