diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d82153e..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-# Basic wrapper for maven 
-
-pkg: 
-	mvn package
-clean:
-	mvn clean
-test:
-	mvn test
-
-.PHONY: pkg clean test
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.md
similarity index 89%
rename from README.txt
rename to README.md
index 74cd9d1..ae749e0 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ Repository for a test automation framework that can be used to test the Firefox
 extension "Https Everywhere"
 
 NOTE: This project was started only recently and currently does not work!
+
+TODO: convert to MD
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16870c5..0000000
--- a/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
-
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <groupId>org.httpse.automation</groupId>
-  <artifactId>httpseautomation</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0</version>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
-  <name>httpseautomation</name>
-  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-  </properties>
-
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-cli</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
-      <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>2.31.0</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
-      <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-      <version>6.3.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
-
-</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/httpse/automation/App.java b/src/main/java/org/httpse/automation/App.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 51af839..0000000
--- a/src/main/java/org/httpse/automation/App.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/* Automation framework for testing the firefox extension "HTTPS Everywhere."
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Pavel Kazakov
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.httpse.automation;
-
-// Place holder class
-public class App {
-    public static void main(String[] args) {
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/httpse/automation/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/httpse/automation/AppTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 6787cc9..0000000
--- a/src/test/java/org/httpse/automation/AppTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/* Automation framework for testing the firefox extension "HTTPS Everywhere."
- * Copyright (C) 2013 Pavel Kazakov
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-package org.httpse.automation;
-
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
-
-// placeholder
-public class AppTest {
-    @Test
-    public void testPlaceHolder() {
-        assertEquals("test", "test");
-    }
-}