diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a073b871..ff956f27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,38 @@
![Maven Central](https://img.shields.io/maven-central/v/com.github.jonathanswenson/bqjdbc)
-A fat (shaded) jar is provided at the following coordinates:
+This is a [JDBC Driver](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/) for [BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery)
+forked from https://code.google.com/p/starschema-bigquery-jdbc/
+
+You can create a JDBC connection easily for a variety of authentication types.
+For instance for a _service account_ in a properties file:
+
+```ini
+projectid=disco-parsec-659
+type=service
+user=abc123e@developer.gserviceaccount.com
+password=bigquery_credentials.p12
+```
+
+```java
+import net.starschema.clouddb.jdbc.*;
+import java.sql.*;
+
+public static class Example {
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ // load the class so that it registers itself
+ Class.forName("net.starschema.clouddb.jdbc.BQDriver");
+ final String jdbcUrl = BQSupportFuncts.constructUrlFromPropertiesFile(
+ BQSupportFuncts.readFromPropFile(
+ getClass().getResource("/serviceaccount.properties").getFile()
+ ));
+ final Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcUrl);
+ // perform SQL against BigQuery now!
+ }
+}
+```
+
+The dependency is provided at the following coordinates:
```xml
com.github.jonathanswenson
@@ -11,18 +42,19 @@ A fat (shaded) jar is provided at the following coordinates:
```
-If you would like a thin jar you can use _thin_ classifier.
-
+A fat (shaded) jar is provided at the following coordinates.
```xml
com.github.jonathanswenson
bqjdbc
...
- thin
+ shaded
```
-## Releases
+## Development
+
+### Releases
Releases are handled through GitHub actions, and kicked off when a release is created.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2dddca99..f7a153e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
to a groupId that we have ownership over -->
com.github.jonathanswenson
bqjdbc
- 2.2.12-SNAPSHOT
+ 2.2.13
Big Query over JDBC
A simple JDBC driver, to reach Google's BigQuery
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
- ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}
+ true
@@ -247,6 +247,5 @@
- ${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-thin