diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb5a316cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6e963e5e0..917761435 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ jobs:
       name: "Release stage"
       script:
         - ci/release.sh . $TRAVIS_TAG
+          && mvn install -q -DskipTests
+          && mvn prepare-package -q -f ./rest/taskana-rest-spring-test
           && ci/release.sh lib $TRAVIS_TAG
           && ci/release.sh lib/taskana-core $TRAVIS_TAG
           && ci/release.sh lib/taskana-spring $TRAVIS_TAG
diff --git a/ci/release.sh b/ci/release.sh
index 2ec90e297..4fd16a5ed 100755
--- a/ci/release.sh
+++ b/ci/release.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function change_version {
 
 function main {
   [[ $# -eq 0 || "$1" == '-h' || "$1" == '--help' ]] && helpAndExit 0
-  [[ "$2" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && change_version "$1" "${2##v}"
+  [[ "$1" == '.' && "$2" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && change_version "$1" "${2##v}"
   decodeAndImportKeys `dirname "$0"`
   release "$1" `[[ "$2" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && echo "release" || echo "snapshot"` "`dirname "$0"`/mvnsettings.xml"
 }
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 481234035..bde670a56 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -33,24 +33,24 @@ function main {
   eval "$REL/prepare_db.sh '$1'"
   if [[ "$1" == "H2" && "$2" == "REST" ]]; then
     (cd $REL/../web && npm run test)
-    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn clean install -q -B) #reinstalling rest because rest-doc is built during tests.
-    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn clean verify -q -B -pl taskana-rest-spring-example -P history.plugin)
+    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn install -q -B) #reinstalling rest because rest-doc is built during tests.
+    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn verify -q -B -pl taskana-rest-spring-example -P history.plugin)
   elif [[ "$1" == "H2" && "$2" == "LIB" ]]; then
-    (cd $REL/.. && mvn clean install -q -N -B )
-    (cd $REL/../lib/ && mvn clean install -q -B -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
+    (cd $REL/.. && mvn install -q -N -B )
+    (cd $REL/../lib/ && mvn install -q -B -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
   elif [[ "$1" == "POSTGRES_10_4" && "$2" == "CORE" ]]; then
-    (cd $REL/.. && mvn clean install -q -N -B)
-    (cd $REL/../lib && mvn clean install -q -N -B)
-    (cd $REL/../lib/taskana-core && mvn clean verify -q -B)
+    (cd $REL/.. && mvn install -q -N -B)
+    (cd $REL/../lib && mvn install -q -N -B)
+    (cd $REL/../lib/taskana-core && mvn verify -q -B)
   elif [[ "$1" == "POSTGRES_10_4" && "$2" == "WILDFLY" ]]; then
     #installing dependencies for rest (since this tests runs in a different cache)
-    mvn clean install -q -N
-    (cd $REL/../lib/ && mvn clean install -q -B -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
+    mvn install -q -N
+    (cd $REL/../lib/ && mvn install -q -B -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
     
-    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn clean install -q -B -DskipTests -pl !taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
-    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn clean install -q -B -pl taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -P postgres)
+    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn install -q -B -DskipTests -pl !taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example -Dmaven.javadoc.skip)
+    (cd $REL/../rest/ && mvn install -q -B -pl taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -P postgres)
   else
-    (cd $REL/../lib/taskana-core && mvn clean verify -q -B)
+    (cd $REL/../lib/taskana-core && mvn verify -q -B)
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.classpath b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 002ad570e..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**" kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/resources">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.project b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index e56b84f3e..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>taskana-rest-spring-example</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleBuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-	</buildSpec>
-	<natures>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
-		<nature>net.sf.eclipsecs.core.CheckstyleNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 29abf9995..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/test/resources=UTF-8
-encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c81ef9c8..000000000
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8