diff --git a/src/runtime/java/JPGFJar.jardesc b/src/runtime/java/JPGFJar.jardesc
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<jardesc>
+    <jar path="jpgf/Release/jpgf.jar"/>
+    <options buildIfNeeded="true" compress="true" descriptionLocation="/jpgf/JPGFJar.jardesc" exportErrors="true" exportWarnings="true" includeDirectoryEntries="false" overwrite="true" saveDescription="true" storeRefactorings="false" useSourceFolders="false"/>
+    <storedRefactorings deprecationInfo="true" structuralOnly="false"/>
+    <selectedProjects/>
+    <manifest generateManifest="true" manifestLocation="" manifestVersion="1.0" reuseManifest="false" saveManifest="false" usesManifest="true">
+        <sealing sealJar="false">
+            <packagesToSeal/>
+            <packagesToUnSeal/>
+        </sealing>
+    </manifest>
+    <selectedElements exportClassFiles="true" exportJavaFiles="false" exportOutputFolder="false">
+        <javaElement handleIdentifier="=jpgf/&lt;org.grammaticalframework.pgf"/>
+    </selectedElements>
+</jardesc>