diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 3875b62..f85e332 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ A Java implementation of the Tendermint Application BlockChain Interface ([ABCI]
 Check out [StartupExampleDummy.java](https://github.com/jTendermint/jabci/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/jtendermint/jabci/StartupExampleDummy.java) or [JavaCounter.java](https://github.com/jTendermint/jabci/blob/master/src/main/java/com/github/jtendermint/jabci/JavaCounter.java) for examples.
 
 #### Maven integration
+
 jABCI v0.15 Release is now available via maven central. Use the following dependency to include the latest release:
 ```xml
 <dependency>
@@ -18,6 +19,35 @@ jABCI v0.15 Release is now available via maven central. Use the following depend
 </dependency>
 ```
 
+Development will move onto a dedicated `develop` branch in the short term and it's artifacts will be available in Central's snapshot repository
+
+The current snapshot repository is: `https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/` which can be used by adding the repository:
+```xml
+      <repository>
+         <id>snapshots-repo</id>
+         <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+         <releases><enabled>false</enabled></releases>
+         <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
+       </repository>
+```
+
+Use the following dependency to include current version of jABCI in your project:
+```xml
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.github.jtendermint</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jabci</artifactId>
+                <version>0.12.0.2</version>
+                <scope>compile</scope>
+                <!-- you might want to exclude slf4j, depending on your setup -->
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+```
+
 #### Update protobuf types
 
 When you make changes to the protobuf file, you can enable the appropriate build-phase for the compiler-plugin to generate the file(s) in the target-directory.
diff --git a/circleci.settings.xml b/circleci.settings.xml
index c8679f5..e88859e 100644
--- a/circleci.settings.xml
+++ b/circleci.settings.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@
             <username>${env.OSS_SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
             <password>${env.OSS_SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
         </server>
+        <server>
+            <id>gpg.passphrase</id>
+            <passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
+        </server>
     </servers>
 </settings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22a55f8..efa7d6c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <groupId>com.github.jtendermint</groupId>
     <artifactId>jabci</artifactId>
     <version>0.15</version>
-
+  
     <name>com.github.jtendermint:jabci</name>
     <description>Java implementation for ABCI consensus protocol from tendermint.com and related tools</description>
     <url>http://www.github.com/jtendermint</url>
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
             <version>1.7.25</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+        	<scope>test</scope>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <version>4.12</version>
diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4174b86..0000000
--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.1.0.xsd">
-<servers>
-<server>
-      <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-      <username>${env.SONATYPE_USER}</username>
-      <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-</server>
-<server>
-    <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-    <username>${env.SONATYPE_USER}</username>
-    <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-</server>
-    <server>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <username>${env.SONATYPE_JIRA_USER}</username>
-      <password>${env.SONATYPE_JIRA_PASS}</password>
-    </server>
-</servers>
- <profiles>
-    <profile>
-      <id>gpg</id>
-      <properties>
-        <gpg.passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</gpg.passphrase>
-      </properties>
-    </profile>
-<profile>
-<id>sonatype-staging</id>
-<repositories>
-<repository>
-<id>sonatype-staging</id>
-<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-<layout>default</layout>
-<releases><enabled>true</enabled></releases>
-</repository>
-</repositories>
-</profile>
-  </profiles>
- <activeProfiles>
-    <activeProfile>gpg</activeProfile>
-    <activeProfile>sonatype-staging</activeProfile> 
-  </activeProfiles>
-</settings>