diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4d337e20a..a8e6efc67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ compiler/src/prog8_kotlin.jar
 compiler/src/compiled_java
 .attach_pid*
 
+.gradle
+build/
diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle b/compiler/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d95f48249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+plugins {
+    id "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm" version "1.3.20"
+    id 'application'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+def kotlinVersion = '1.3.20'
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation project(':parser')
+    implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlinVersion"
+    runtime "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlinVersion"
+
+	testImplementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit5:$kotlinVersion"
+    testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.3.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-junit:2.0.0.0'
+}
+
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java {
+            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+        }
+        resources {
+            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
+        }
+    }
+    test {
+        java {
+            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/test"]
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+
+application {
+    mainClassName = 'prog8.CompilerMainKt'
+    applicationName = 'p8compile'
+}
+
+task p8vmScript(type: CreateStartScripts) {
+    mainClassName = "prog8.StackVmMainKt"
+    applicationName = "p8vm"
+    outputDir = new File(project.buildDir, 'scripts')
+    classpath = jar.outputs.files + project.configurations.runtime
+}
+
+applicationDistribution.into("bin") {
+            from(p8vmScript)
+            fileMode = 0755
+}
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fec44094f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+org.gradle.caching=true
+
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87b738cbd
Binary files /dev/null and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..558870dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-5.1.1-bin.zip
+zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
+zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..af6708ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+##############################################################################
+##
+##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
+##
+##############################################################################
+
+# Attempt to set APP_HOME
+# Resolve links: $0 may be a link
+PRG="$0"
+# Need this for relative symlinks.
+while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+        PRG="$link"
+    else
+        PRG=`dirname "$PRG"`"/$link"
+    fi
+done
+SAVED="`pwd`"
+cd "`dirname \"$PRG\"`/" >/dev/null
+APP_HOME="`pwd -P`"
+cd "$SAVED" >/dev/null
+
+APP_NAME="Gradle"
+APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
+
+# Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m"'
+
+# Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
+MAX_FD="maximum"
+
+warn () {
+    echo "$*"
+}
+
+die () {
+    echo
+    echo "$*"
+    echo
+    exit 1
+}
+
+# OS specific support (must be 'true' or 'false').
+cygwin=false
+msys=false
+darwin=false
+nonstop=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN* )
+    cygwin=true
+    ;;
+  Darwin* )
+    darwin=true
+    ;;
+  MINGW* )
+    msys=true
+    ;;
+  NONSTOP* )
+    nonstop=true
+    ;;
+esac
+
+CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+# Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
+if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+        # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+        JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+        die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: $JAVA_HOME
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+    fi
+else
+    JAVACMD="java"
+    which java >/dev/null 2>&1 || die "ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+
+Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+location of your Java installation."
+fi
+
+# Increase the maximum file descriptors if we can.
+if [ "$cygwin" = "false" -a "$darwin" = "false" -a "$nonstop" = "false" ] ; then
+    MAX_FD_LIMIT=`ulimit -H -n`
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
+        if [ "$MAX_FD" = "maximum" -o "$MAX_FD" = "max" ] ; then
+            MAX_FD="$MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+        fi
+        ulimit -n $MAX_FD
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+            warn "Could not set maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD"
+        fi
+    else
+        warn "Could not query maximum file descriptor limit: $MAX_FD_LIMIT"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# For Darwin, add options to specify how the application appears in the dock
+if $darwin; then
+    GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin ; then
+    APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
+
+    # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
+    ROOTDIRSRAW=`find -L / -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null`
+    SEP=""
+    for dir in $ROOTDIRSRAW ; do
+        ROOTDIRS="$ROOTDIRS$SEP$dir"
+        SEP="|"
+    done
+    OURCYGPATTERN="(^($ROOTDIRS))"
+    # Add a user-defined pattern to the cygpath arguments
+    if [ "$GRADLE_CYGPATTERN" != "" ] ; then
+        OURCYGPATTERN="$OURCYGPATTERN|($GRADLE_CYGPATTERN)"
+    fi
+    # Now convert the arguments - kludge to limit ourselves to /bin/sh
+    i=0
+    for arg in "$@" ; do
+        CHECK=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "$OURCYGPATTERN" -`
+        CHECK2=`echo "$arg"|egrep -c "^-"`                                 ### Determine if an option
+
+        if [ $CHECK -ne 0 ] && [ $CHECK2 -eq 0 ] ; then                    ### Added a condition
+            eval `echo args$i`=`cygpath --path --ignore --mixed "$arg"`
+        else
+            eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
+        fi
+        i=$((i+1))
+    done
+    case $i in
+        (0) set -- ;;
+        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+# Escape application args
+save () {
+    for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
+    echo " "
+}
+APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+
+# Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
+eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
+
+# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
+if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+fi
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f8d5937c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+@if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
+@rem ##########################################################################
+@rem
+@rem  Gradle startup script for Windows
+@rem
+@rem ##########################################################################
+
+@rem Set local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" setlocal
+
+set DIRNAME=%~dp0
+if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
+set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
+set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
+
+@rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m"
+
+@rem Find java.exe
+if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
+
+set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
+%JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:findJavaFromJavaHome
+set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
+set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
+
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
+echo.
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
+echo location of your Java installation.
+
+goto fail
+
+:init
+@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
+
+if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
+
+:win9xME_args
+@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
+set _SKIP=2
+
+:win9xME_args_slurp
+if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
+
+set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+:execute
+@rem Setup the command line
+
+set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
+
+@rem Execute Gradle
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+
+:end
+@rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" goto mainEnd
+
+:fail
+rem Set variable GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE if you need the _script_ return code instead of
+rem the _cmd.exe /c_ return code!
+if  not "" == "%GRADLE_EXIT_CONSOLE%" exit 1
+exit /b 1
+
+:mainEnd
+if "%OS%"=="Windows_NT" endlocal
+
+:omega
diff --git a/parser/antlr/prog8.g4 b/parser/antlr/prog8.g4
index b7926fba1..9432dbfde 100644
--- a/parser/antlr/prog8.g4
+++ b/parser/antlr/prog8.g4
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ NOTES:
 
 grammar prog8;
 
+@header {
+package prog8.parser;
+}
 
 LINECOMMENT : [\r\n][ \t]* COMMENT -> channel(HIDDEN);
 COMMENT :  ';' ~[\r\n]* -> channel(HIDDEN) ;
diff --git a/parser/build.gradle b/parser/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01a7ac00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'antlr'
+    id 'java'
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    antlr 'org.antlr:antlr4:4.7.2'
+}
+
+compileJava {
+    dependsOn tasks.withType(AntlrTask)
+}
+
+generateGrammarSource {
+    outputDirectory = file("src/prog8/parser")
+    arguments += ["-no-listener","-no-visitor"]
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java {
+            srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/src"]
+        }
+        antlr {
+        	srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/antlr"]
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Lexer.java b/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Lexer.java
index 1a323e5ca..0b8da28a9 100644
--- a/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Lexer.java
+++ b/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Lexer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-// Generated from /home/irmen/Projects/prog8/parser/antlr/prog8.g4 by ANTLR 4.7.2
+// Generated from prog8.g4 by ANTLR 4.7.2
+
 package prog8.parser;
+
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Lexer;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.CharStream;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.Token;
diff --git a/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Parser.java b/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Parser.java
index d70dcd3d5..1ab6baa85 100644
--- a/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Parser.java
+++ b/parser/src/prog8/parser/prog8Parser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-// Generated from /home/irmen/Projects/prog8/parser/antlr/prog8.g4 by ANTLR 4.7.2
+// Generated from prog8.g4 by ANTLR 4.7.2
+
 package prog8.parser;
+
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.atn.*;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.dfa.DFA;
 import org.antlr.v4.runtime.*;
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eb378fba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include ':parser'
+include ':compiler'
\ No newline at end of file