diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index b61b1f1..e0e7055 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   
   <target name="download-ivy" unless="skip.ivy.download" description="Download Ivy">
       <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
-      <get src="http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
+      <get src="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
   </target>
 
   <target name="package" depends="compile"
diff --git a/ivysettings.xml b/ivysettings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a0d2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivysettings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<ivysettings>
+    <settings defaultResolver="default"/>
+    <resolvers>
+        <ibiblio name="local-m2" m2compatible="true"
+                 root="file://${user.home}/.m2/repository"
+                 changingPattern=".*SNAPSHOT"/>
+        <ibiblio name="my-maven" m2compatible="true" root="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/"/>
+        <ibiblio name="central" m2compatible="true"/>
+
+        <filesystem name="local-m2-publish" m2compatible="true">
+            <artifact
+                    pattern="${user.home}/.m2/repository/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]"/>
+        </filesystem>
+
+        <filesystem name="local-m2-publish-snapshot" m2compatible="true">
+            <artifact
+                    pattern="${user.home}/.m2/repository/[organisation]/[module]/[revision]-SNAPSHOT/[artifact]-[revision]-SNAPSHOT.[ext]"/>
+        </filesystem>
+
+        <chain name="default">
+            <resolver ref="central"/>
+            <resolver ref="my-maven"/>
+        </chain>
+    </resolvers>
+</ivysettings>
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