diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1dcd5ec1..4e662d67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ nbdist/
 .classpath
 .project
 **/.settings
-**/bin/
 **/build/
 **/.externalToolBuilders/
 *.iml
diff --git a/jodconverter-web/pom.xml b/jodconverter-web/pom.xml
index 56ea74d4..3fed531b 100644
--- a/jodconverter-web/pom.xml
+++ b/jodconverter-web/pom.xml
@@ -170,6 +170,24 @@
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                    <descriptors>
+                        <descriptor>src/main/resources/assembly.xml</descriptor>
+                    </descriptors>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>make-assembly</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>single</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/jodconverter-web/src/main/bin/.gitkeep b/jodconverter-web/src/main/bin/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/jodconverter-web/src/main/conf/.gitkeep b/jodconverter-web/src/main/conf/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/jodconverter-web/src/main/log/.gitkeep b/jodconverter-web/src/main/log/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/jodconverter-web/src/main/resources/assembly.xml b/jodconverter-web/src/main/resources/assembly.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0023e34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jodconverter-web/src/main/resources/assembly.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<assembly
+        xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/2.0.0"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
+    <id>make-assembly</id>
+    <formats>
+        <format>zip</format>
+        <format>tar.gz</format>
+    </formats>
+    <includeBaseDirectory>true</includeBaseDirectory>
+    <fileSets>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/conf</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/conf</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/bin</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
+            <fileMode>755</fileMode>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/log</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/log</outputDirectory>
+        </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+            <outputDirectory>/bin</outputDirectory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>*.jar</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
+    </fileSets>
+</assembly>
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