diff --git a/.settings.xml b/.settings.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings>
+  <servers>
+	<server>
+	  <id>repo.spring.io</id>
+	  <username>${env.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME}</username>
+	  <password>${env.CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD}</password>
+	</server>
+  </servers>
+  <profiles>
+	<profile>
+      <!--
+          N.B. this profile is only here to support users and IDEs that do not use Maven 3.3. 
+          It isn't needed on the command line if you use the wrapper script (mvnw) or if you use 
+          a native Maven with the right version. Eclipse users should points their Maven tooling to
+          this settings file, or copy the profile into their ~/.m2/settings.xml.
+      -->
+	  <id>spring</id>
+	  <activation><activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault></activation>
+	  <repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-releases</id>
+			<name>Spring Releases</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+	  </repositories>
+	  <pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-snapshots</id>
+			<name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</pluginRepository>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<id>spring-milestones</id>
+			<name>Spring Milestones</name>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	  </pluginRepositories>
+    </profile>
+	<profile>
+	  <!--
+		  Turns on jdk8 for tests
+	  -->
+	  <id>ide</id>
+	  <activation><activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault></activation>
+	</profile>
+  </profiles>
+</settings>
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
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+general:
+  branches:
+    ignore:
+      - gh-pages # list of branches to ignore
+machine:
+  java:
+    version: oraclejdk8
+  environment:
+    _JAVA_OPTIONS: "-Xms1024m -Xmx2048m"
+dependencies:
+  override:
+    - ./mvnw -s .settings.xml -U --fail-never dependency:go-offline || true
+test:
+  override:
+    - ./mvnw -s .settings.xml clean org.jacoco:jacoco-maven-plugin:prepare-agent install -U -P sonar -nsu --batch-mode -Dmaven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile=true -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=warn
+  post:
+    - mkdir -p $CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS/junit/
+    - find . -type f -regex ".*/target/.*-reports/.*" -exec cp {} $CIRCLE_TEST_REPORTS/junit/ \;
+    - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
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