diff --git a/app.groovy b/app.groovy
index 9edc7ccc..9617f40f 100644
--- a/app.groovy
+++ b/app.groovy
@@ -62,20 +62,65 @@ class MainController {
     new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(download.bytes, ["Content-Type":"application/zip"] as HttpHeaders, HttpStatus.OK)
   }
 
-  @RequestMapping("/starter")
+  @RequestMapping(value="/starter.tgz", produces="application/x-compress")
   @ResponseBody
-  ResponseEntity<byte[]> spring(PomRequest request) {
+  ResponseEntity<byte[]> springTgz(PomRequest request) {
+
+    File dir = File.createTempFile("tmp","",new File(tmpdir));
+    def tempFiles = getProjectFiles(dir, request)
+
+    File download = new File(tmpdir, dir.name + ".tgz")
+    log.info("Creating: "  + download)
+    tempFiles << download
+    
+    new AntBuilder().tar(destfile: download, compression: "gzip") { 
+      zipfileset(dir:dir, includes:"**")
+    }
+    log.info("Downloading: "  + download)
+    def result = new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(download.bytes, ["Content-Type":"application/x-compress"] as HttpHeaders, HttpStatus.OK)
+
+    reactor.notify("tempfiles", Event.wrap(tempFiles))
+
+    result
+  }
+
+  @RequestMapping("/starter.zip")
+  @ResponseBody
+  ResponseEntity<byte[]> springZip(PomRequest request) {
+
+    File dir = File.createTempFile("tmp","",new File(tmpdir));
+    def tempFiles = getProjectFiles(dir, request)
+
+    File download = new File(tmpdir, dir.name + ".zip")
+    log.info("Creating: "  + download)
+    tempFiles << download
+    
+    new AntBuilder().zip(destfile: download) { 
+      zipfileset(dir:dir, includes:"**")
+    }
+    log.info("Downloading: "  + download)
+    def result = new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(download.bytes, ["Content-Type":"application/zip"] as HttpHeaders, HttpStatus.OK)
+
+    reactor.notify("tempfiles", Event.wrap(tempFiles))
+
+    result
+  }
+
+  def getProjectFiles(File dir, PomRequest request) { 
 
     def tempFiles = []
 
     def model = [:]
-    String pom = new String(pom(request, model).body)
-    File dir = File.createTempFile("tmp","",new File(tmpdir));
     tempFiles << dir
     dir.delete()
     dir.mkdirs()
+
+    String pom = new String(pom(request, model).body)
     new File(dir, "pom.xml").write(pom)
 
+    String gradle = new String(gradle(request, model).body)
+    new File(dir, "build.gradle").write(gradle)
+
     File src = new File(new File(dir, "src/main/java"),request.packageName.replace(".", "/"))
     src.mkdirs()
     write(src, "Application.java", model)
@@ -95,19 +140,8 @@ class MainController {
     resources.mkdirs()
     new File(resources, "application.properties").write("")
 
-    File download = new File(tmpdir, dir.name + ".zip")
-    log.info("Creating: "  + download)
-    tempFiles << download
+    tempFiles
 
-    new AntBuilder().zip(destfile: download) { 
-      zipfileset(dir:dir, includes:"**")
-    }
-    log.info("Downloading: "  + download)
-    def result = new ResponseEntity<byte[]>(download.bytes, ["Content-Type":"application/zip"] as HttpHeaders, HttpStatus.OK)
-
-    reactor.notify("tempfiles", Event.wrap(tempFiles))
-
-    result
   }
 
   def write(File src, String name, def model) { 
diff --git a/templates/starter-build.gradle b/templates/starter-build.gradle
index b794cd14..8fb68dd2 100644
--- a/templates/starter-build.gradle
+++ b/templates/starter-build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
 		springBootVersion = '${bootVersion}'
 	}
     repositories {
-    	mavenLocal()<% if (!bootVersion.contains("RELEASE")) { %>
+    	mavenCentral()<% if (!bootVersion.contains("RELEASE")) { %>
         maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/snapshot" }
         maven { url "http://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
 <% } %>
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 apply plugin: 'idea'