diff --git a/libs/jastadd2.jar b/libs/jastadd2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d615b895453d660f0e7397fffad58a05029169fd
Binary files /dev/null and b/libs/jastadd2.jar differ
diff --git a/ragconnect.base/build.gradle b/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
index 0a96c5864e96fd1746cd8b2f9e1fa66da21f46a7..9f50cbed06dbbb00df8337605a771a0e9cb3722b 100644
--- a/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
+++ b/ragconnect.base/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: "${log4j_version}"
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-jul', version: "${log4j_version}"
     implementation group: 'com.github.spullara.mustache.java', name: 'compiler', version: "${mustache_java_version}"
-    runtimeOnly group: 'org.jastadd', name: 'jastadd', version: '2.3.5'
+//    runtimeOnly group: 'org.jastadd', name: 'jastadd', version: '2.3.5'
+    runtimeOnly fileTree(include: ['jastadd2.jar'], dir: '../libs')
     api group: 'net.sf.beaver', name: 'beaver-rt', version: '0.9.11'
 }
 
diff --git a/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle b/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
index 30fb2237ee167f74879bbb8903553d4eaaf1ceb1..35fb22701c85cdddee7c82d159d7b2089a67206d 100644
--- a/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
+++ b/ragconnect.tests/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation project(':ragconnect.base')
 
-    runtime group: 'org.jastadd', name: 'jastadd', version: '2.3.5'
+//    runtimeOnly group: 'org.jastadd', name: 'jastadd', version: '2.3.5'
+    runtimeOnly fileTree(include: ['jastadd2.jar'], dir: '../libs')
 
     testImplementation group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-api', version: '5.4.0'
     testRuntimeOnly group: 'org.junit.jupiter', name: 'junit-jupiter-engine', version: '5.4.0'