diff --git a/diylc/.vscode/settings.json b/diylc/.vscode/settings.json
index 7b016a89..e0120650 100644
--- a/diylc/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/diylc/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic"
+    "java.compile.nullAnalysis.mode": "automatic",
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/resources/update.xml b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/resources/update.xml
index 936f6ab4..bf1618fb 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/resources/update.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-core/src/main/resources/update.xml
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@
 			<releaseDate>2025-03-09 00:00:00.000 CET</releaseDate>
 			<name></name>
 			<changes>
+				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
+					<changeType>IMPROVEMENT</changeType>
+					<description>Upgraded source code structure to modern standards and introduced Maven</description>
+				</org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
 				<org.diylc.appframework.update.Change>
 					<changeType>BUG_FIX</changeType>
 					<description>Moving selected components with a mouse doesn't register file modification action and doesn't enable Undo action</description>
diff --git a/diylc/diylc-swing/pom.xml b/diylc/diylc-swing/pom.xml
index b9cd4b4a..6e939966 100644
--- a/diylc/diylc-swing/pom.xml
+++ b/diylc/diylc-swing/pom.xml
@@ -153,29 +153,36 @@
     
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- Maven-Ant integration -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <executions>
-                    <!-- Temporarily commenting out Ant integration to get Maven build working 
                     <execution>
-                        <id>ant-build</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>run</goal>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <target>
-                                Call your existing Ant build file
-                                <ant antfile="${basedir}/build.xml" target="full">
-                                    Pass Maven properties to Ant if needed
-                                    <property name="version" value="${project.version}"/>
-                                </ant>
-                            </target>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <finalName>diylc</finalName>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.SF</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.DSA</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.RSA</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>org.diylc.DIYLCStarter</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
-                    -->
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>