diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb5a316c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+target
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d8bde6e..dbefb051 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.scilab.forge</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jlatexmath</artifactId>
-	<version>1.0.5</version>
+	<version>1.0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>JLaTeXMath</name>
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@
 		<sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory>
 
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.6.0</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.7</source>
+					<target>1.7</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>