diff --git a/src/main/assemblies/plugin.xml b/src/main/assemblies/plugin.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10a7c69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assemblies/plugin.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<assembly>
+	<id>plugin</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>zip</format>
+	</formats>
+	<includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+	<dependencySets>
+		<dependencySet>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+			<useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+			<excludes>
+				<exclude>org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch</exclude>
+			</excludes>
+		</dependencySet>
+		<dependencySet>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useProjectArtifact>true</useProjectArtifact>
+			<useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+			<includes>
+				<include>org.hbase:asynchbase</include>
+			</includes>
+		</dependencySet>
+	</dependencySets>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/river/hbase/HBaseRiver.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/river/hbase/HBaseRiver.java
index 5e51a96..06446a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/river/hbase/HBaseRiver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/river/hbase/HBaseRiver.java
@@ -186,9 +186,13 @@ private void parse() throws InterruptedException, Exception {
 				}
 				bulkRequest.execute().addListener((ActionListener<BulkResponse>) this);
 			}
-
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Sets the minimum time stamp on the HBase scanner, by looking into Elasticsearch for the last entry made.
+		 * 
+		 * @param scanner
+		 */
 		private void setMinTimestamp(final Scanner scanner) {
 			final SearchResponse response = HBaseRiver.this.esClient.prepareSearch(HBaseRiver.this.index)
 				.setTypes(HBaseRiver.this.type)
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ private void setMinTimestamp(final Scanner scanner) {
 		@Override
 		public void onResponse(final BulkResponse response) {
 			this.indexCounter += response.items().length;
-			HBaseRiver.this.logger.info("Indexed {} entries", this.indexCounter);
+			HBaseRiver.this.logger.info("HBase imported has indexed {} entries so far", this.indexCounter);
 			if (response.hasFailures()) {
 				HBaseRiver.this.logger.error("Errors have occured while trying to index new data from HBase");
 			}