diff --git a/bus/pom.xml b/bus/pom.xml
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index 0000000..867899b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bus/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+	<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+	<artifactId>spring-cloud-sample-bus</artifactId>
+	<version>Brixton.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+	<name>spring-cloud-sample-bus</name>
+	<description>Demo project for Spring Cloud</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>Brixton.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+	</parent>
+
+	<properties>
+		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+		<java.version>1.7</java.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<!--skip deploy (this is just a test module) -->
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-config</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-bus-redis</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+			<artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+			<optional>true</optional>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/snapshot</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>https://repo.spring.io/milestone</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/bus/src/main/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplication.java b/bus/src/main/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e1a142
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+++ b/bus/src/main/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package demo;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+/**
+ * @author Dave Syer
+ */
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class StandaloneClientApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(StandaloneClientApplication.class, args);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bus/src/main/resources/application.yml b/bus/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c340ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bus/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+spring:
+  application:
+    name: bus
+
+---
+spring:
+  profiles: other
+server:
+  port: 8081
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bus/src/test/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplicationTests.java b/bus/src/test/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplicationTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6ce69b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bus/src/test/java/demo/StandaloneClientApplicationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package demo;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.IntegrationTest;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.config.client.ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = StandaloneClientApplication.class)
+@IntegrationTest
+@DirtiesContext
+public class StandaloneClientApplicationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ConfigServicePropertySourceLocator locator;
+
+	@Test
+	public void contextLoads() throws Exception {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b30be1d..1e85cc6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 		<url>http://www.spring.io</url>
 	</organization>
 	<modules>
+		<module>bus</module>
 		<module>config-client</module>
 		<module>config-client-decrypt</module>
 		<module>config-retry</module>