diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a38ff1ad3c96e422404abd3d4eb77de9958e237a..2473398fce16f356d500acfe7c3e0f6f3d752ad4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@ buildscript {
   }
 }
 
+// Plugins for all project
 allprojects {
   apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 }
 
+// Plugins for subprojects
+subprojects {
+  apply plugin: 'application'
+}
+
+
 apply plugin: 'java-library'
 apply plugin: 'pmd'
 apply plugin: 'checkstyle'
diff --git a/uc1-application/build.gradle b/uc1-application/build.gradle
index 06eb221092abe3ee2fc938396444c8a0206497ce..6f4c7e3999b123eb84787955020cfe16cc55fc64 100644
--- a/uc1-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc1-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc1-workload-generator/build.gradle b/uc1-workload-generator/build.gradle
index 77042baff123188c5a2971474f911829ac7f2604..621a1434b67736340385f5a3b2c50bfb910c7e7f 100644
--- a/uc1-workload-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/uc1-workload-generator/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc2-application/build.gradle b/uc2-application/build.gradle
index 4b6e7fd926a708414ad82c052ed6c21f5fd7bc12..eb63b6c90fbc32f652fae0e84130f14b7697822e 100644
--- a/uc2-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc2-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc2-workload-generator/build.gradle b/uc2-workload-generator/build.gradle
index a4961a1bebbf1bc5cab74b98e3825745d98fed37..b213691ce4e62b593e8791c0db9c85e549ddef76 100644
--- a/uc2-workload-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/uc2-workload-generator/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc3-application/build.gradle b/uc3-application/build.gradle
index 6b082fd8d8a24cb575792b37440d003fdd04648c..c9daf38476ac7eb109003ae2ce0931cf9cd55d11 100644
--- a/uc3-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc3-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc3-workload-generator/build.gradle b/uc3-workload-generator/build.gradle
index 7e9b736af89a6c3857fe3e9ba7fc3d1beb96b575..d24626949472c13400892b54c3e53bcbbe2eaae4 100644
--- a/uc3-workload-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/uc3-workload-generator/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc4-application/build.gradle b/uc4-application/build.gradle
index c465bb8b260226b4e85222952c0cb305d2af605b..5500ec63b357c1a038e87e2c1b80e32875a4cc21 100644
--- a/uc4-application/build.gradle
+++ b/uc4-application/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {
diff --git a/uc4-workload-generator/build.gradle b/uc4-workload-generator/build.gradle
index 05d321cddcf39545934cc81b4ab1e55431119de7..2b3b6010a6690115a02f348f5b71675d205c9977 100644
--- a/uc4-workload-generator/build.gradle
+++ b/uc4-workload-generator/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-apply plugin: 'application'
-
 buildscript {
   repositories {
     maven {