diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/nb-configuration.xml b/Kieker.WebGUI/nb-configuration.xml
index e226fa62400598ebb5e2a3879a910c26f679849c..ed9412d47a2cc4f3943d9ad453ccf6dc7a379e03 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/nb-configuration.xml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/nb-configuration.xml
@@ -9,16 +9,6 @@ Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited
     <spellchecker-wordlist xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/spellchecker-wordlist/1">
         <word>xml</word>
     </spellchecker-wordlist>
-    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
-        <!--
-Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
-You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
-That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
-Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
--->
-        <netbeans.compile.on.save>all</netbeans.compile.on.save>
-        <org-netbeans-modules-projectapi.jsf_2e_language>Facelets</org-netbeans-modules-projectapi.jsf_2e_language>
-    </properties>
     <spring-data xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/spring-data/1">
         <config-files>
             <config-file>src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-bean-config.xml</config-file>
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/pom.xml b/Kieker.WebGUI/pom.xml
index 2325abc30bc1d6ecc5cc31d2387e7539d68ecc76..bb283df5c527575572e81578cd9df225877196f6 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/pom.xml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/pom.xml
@@ -298,6 +298,38 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <!-- This is some kind of a hack, as maven doesn't want to include system jars into the war-file. We use ant instead. -->
+            <plugin>
+      
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.8</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy</id>
+                        <phase>compile</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>net.kieker-monitoring</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>kieker</artifactId>
+                                    <version>1.8-SNAPSHOT</version>
+                                    <classifier>emf</classifier>
+                                    <type>jar</type>
+                                    <overWrite>true</overWrite>
+                                    <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
+                                    <destFileName>kieker.jar</destFileName>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/wars</outputDirectory>
+                            <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+                            <overWriteSnapshots>true</overWriteSnapshots>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/FSProjectDAOImpl.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/FSProjectDAOImpl.java
index 9c791acd53962b4231aba3991f7fb09be6d77cc7..4e448541b51e581100493c0e88508fc378473926 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/FSProjectDAOImpl.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/FSProjectDAOImpl.java
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ import kieker.webgui.persistence.impl.util.Class2ModelInstanceConverter;
 import kieker.webgui.persistence.impl.util.CloseableURLClassLoader;
 import kieker.webgui.persistence.impl.util.PluginFinder;
 import kieker.webgui.persistence.impl.util.SimpleCastFunction;
-import kieker.webgui.web.beans.application.GlobalPropertiesBean;
 
 import org.primefaces.model.UploadedFile;
 
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ public class FSProjectDAOImpl implements IProjectDAO, ReleaseListener {
 	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(FSProjectDAOImpl.class);
 
 	private static final MIAnalysisMetaModelFactory FACTORY = MIAnalysisMetaModelFactory.eINSTANCE;
-	// private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar";
+	private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker.jar";
 	private static final String META_FILE = "meta.dat";
 	private static final String KAX_EXTENSION = "kax";
 	private static final String LIB_EXTENSION = "jar";
@@ -102,8 +101,6 @@ public class FSProjectDAOImpl implements IProjectDAO, ReleaseListener {
 	private static final String PROPERTY_KEY_ANALYSIS_LAYOUT = "analysis layout";
 	private static final String PROPERTY_KEY_COCKPIT_LAYOUT = "cockpit layout";
 
-	@Autowired
-	private GlobalPropertiesBean globalPropertiesBean;
 	@Autowired
 	private PluginFinder pluginFinder;
 	@Autowired
@@ -719,7 +716,7 @@ public class FSProjectDAOImpl implements IProjectDAO, ReleaseListener {
 	 * @return The kieker url.
 	 */
 	private URL getKiekerURL() {
-		return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(this.globalPropertiesBean.getKiekerJarFileName());
+		return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResource(FSProjectDAOImpl.KIEKER_LIB);
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/web/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/web/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
index 5746a8d5e957295c8c4ed58ffab6383b8845fa9e..8299dd869b3fea8aba0cb66e77ac69d2c20f2da5 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/web/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/web/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ public class GlobalPropertiesBean implements Serializable {
 	private String analysisEditorDefaultGridSize;
 	private String analysisEditorDefaultGridColor;
 
-	private String kiekerJarFileName;
-
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor. <b>Do not use this constructor. This bean is Spring managed.</b>
 	 */
@@ -147,14 +145,6 @@ public class GlobalPropertiesBean implements Serializable {
 		return this.themeCookieName;
 	}
 
-	public String getKiekerJarFileName() {
-		return this.kiekerJarFileName;
-	}
-
-	public void setKiekerJarFileName(final String kiekerJarFileName) {
-		this.kiekerJarFileName = kiekerJarFileName;
-	}
-
 	public String getMsgProjectLoadingException() {
 		return GlobalPropertiesBean.getLocalizedString(GlobalPropertiesBean.PROPERTY_MSG_PROJECT_LOADING_EXCEPTION);
 	}
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/global.properties b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/global.properties
index fa0e92780afb0645f81482bb0c1b451f9b5fe867..01314c96ce7cc368885479b1b845edeb3361cb87 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/global.properties
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/global.properties
@@ -23,6 +23,3 @@ kieker.webgui.config.analysisEditor.defaultGridColor = dbdbdb
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 kieker.webgui.page.projectOverview = projectOverview
-
-
-kieker.webgui.common.kieker.jar = kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar
deleted file mode 100644
index ae18a676bf0cddd5141acfdb9850e64fc2d4babb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Binary files a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-bean-config.xml b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-bean-config.xml
index f25e679999077bff732fcbf4049a1c35566d861a..4f6555c96d69807c87b210cf3211ec4a05bfacdd 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-bean-config.xml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/spring-bean-config.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         <property name="analysisEditorGridColorCookieName" value="${kieker.webgui.config.analysisEditor.gridColor.cookieName}"/>
         <property name="analysisEditorDefaultGridSize" value="${kieker.webgui.config.analysisEditor.defaultGridSize}"/>
         <property name="analysisEditorDefaultGridColor" value="${kieker.webgui.config.analysisEditor.defaultGridColor}"/>
-        <property name="kiekerJarFileName" value="${kieker.webgui.common.kieker.jar}"/>
     </bean>
     
     <bean id="themeSwitcherBean" class="kieker.webgui.web.beans.application.ThemeSwitcherBean">
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainerTest.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainerTest.java
index d8708e912e42459af9d95e188877d52ed3c6deb7..7dc6866fbbc00282c653942af5b7c43f75954e95 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainerTest.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/common/ClassAndMethodContainerTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import kieker.webgui.persistence.impl.util.CloseableURLClassLoader;
  */
 public class ClassAndMethodContainerTest {
 
-	private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar";
+	private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker.jar";
 
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor. <b>Do not use this constructor. This is just a test class and not to be used outside a JUnit test!</b>
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/util/PluginFinderTest.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/util/PluginFinderTest.java
index b8de9c4bb2fce4dc481cd16516844e5315a4b3ee..e14ca2aa37d5bd6fc6fc9d44eefee92f3428cc42 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/util/PluginFinderTest.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/test/java/kieker/webgui/persistence/impl/util/PluginFinderTest.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import kieker.webgui.common.ClassAndMethodContainer;
  */
 public class PluginFinderTest {
 
-	private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker-1.8-SNAPSHOT-emf.jar";
+	private static final String KIEKER_LIB = "kieker.jar";
 
 	/**
 	 * Default constructor. <b>Do not use this constructor. This is just a test class and not to be used outside a JUnit test!</b>