diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildOnRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/buildOnRelease.yml
index 0b577e9..bf03239 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildOnRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildOnRelease.yml
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set versioned JAR name
         run: |
           $tag = "${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          echo "JAR_NAME=APPLICATION-$tag.jar" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "JAR_NAME=MillionsG40-$tag.jar" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Rename JAR
-        run: mv target/*.jar $env:JAR_NAME
+        run: mv target/*-shaded.jar $env:JAR_NAME
+        
 
       - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5081aa..413910e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>edu.ntnu.idi.idatt2003.g40.mappe</groupId>
     <artifactId>mappe</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.0.0</version>
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>25</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -39,6 +39,29 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <shadedArtifactAttached>true</shadedArtifactAttached>
+                            <shadedClassifierName>shaded</shadedClassifierName>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>edu.ntnu.idi.idatt2003.g40.mappe.Launcher</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Launcher.java b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Launcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d78de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Launcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package edu.ntnu.idi.idatt2003.g40.mappe;
+
+public class Launcher {
+  static void main(String[] args) {
+    Main.main(args);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Main.java b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Main.java
index b94ca01..691eaa7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/Main.java
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
  * */
 public class Main extends Application {
 
+  static void main(String[] args) {
+    launch(args);
+  }
+
   /**
    * {@inheritDoc}
    * */
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ public void start(final Stage stage) throws Exception {
     ViewManager viewManager = new ViewManager(stage, eventManager);
 
     List<Stock> stocksInFile;
-    FileParser parser1 = new FileParser("src/main/resources/dummydata.txt");
+    FileParser parser1 = new FileParser("/dummydata.txt");
 
     FileConverter converter1 = new FileConverter();
     stocksInFile = converter1.getStocksFromStrings(parser1.readFile());
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParser.java b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParser.java
index 9d0bf27..481d423 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParser.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package edu.ntnu.idi.idatt2003.g40.mappe.service;
 
-import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.BufferedWriter;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ public FileParser(final String pathName) {
    * */
 
   public List<String> readFile() throws IOException {
-    Path path = Paths.get(pathName);
-    try (BufferedReader bufferedReader = Files.newBufferedReader(path)) {
+    try (InputStream inputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream(pathName);
+         BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
 
       List<String> allLines = bufferedReader.readAllLines();
       List<String> readableLines =
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParserTest.java b/src/test/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParserTest.java
index e751602..7d87b1a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/ntnu/idi/idatt2003/g40/mappe/service/FileParserTest.java
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 
 class FileParserTest {
 
-  private final String testStockDataPath = "src/main/resources/testStockData.txt";
+  private final String testStockDataPath = "/testStockData.txt";
+
+  private final String absoluteTestStockDataPath = "src/main/resources/testStockData.txt";
   FileParser fileParser;
 
   private final String validStockFromFile = "NVID, Nvidida Corporation, 241.591";
@@ -29,7 +31,7 @@ class FileParserTest {
   @BeforeEach
   void setUp() throws Exception {
     fileParser = new FileParser(testStockDataPath);
-    Path path = Paths.get(testStockDataPath);
+    Path path = Paths.get(absoluteTestStockDataPath);
     allLines = Files.readAllLines(path);
     try {
       validStocks = fileParser.readFile();