diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d519faa..4fdf425 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *~
 .*.swp
+Session.vim
 build/
 dist/
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2a0673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<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.redhat.trie</groupId>
+	<artifactId>trie</artifactId>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.10</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
+			<artifactId>bcprov-jdk16</artifactId>
+			<version>1.44</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.3.2</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<source>1.6</source>
+					<target>1.6</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.4</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<archive>
+						<manifest>
+							<mainClass>com.hashbangbash.trie.App</mainClass>
+						</manifest>
+					</archive>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hashbangbash/trie/App.java b/src/main/java/com/hashbangbash/trie/App.java
index b95c073..c926157 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hashbangbash/trie/App.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hashbangbash/trie/App.java
@@ -71,12 +71,7 @@ public class App {
 
 
     public static List<String> hydrateFromBytes(byte[] compressedBlob) {
-        try {
-            return Util.hydrateContentPackage(compressedBlob);
-        } catch (PayloadException ex) {
-            System.out.println(ex);
-        }
-        return null;
+        return Util.hydrateContentPackage(compressedBlob);
     }
 
     public static List<String> hydrateFromFile(String filename) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/Util.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/Util.java
index 0e472f4..33e4081 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/Util.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/redhat/trie/Util.java
@@ -98,14 +98,9 @@ public class Util {
      *
      *      Rename it for tracking, and to be clear about what is happening
      */
-    public static List<String> hydrateContentPackage(byte[] compressedBlob)
-        throws PayloadException {
-        try {
-            PathTree pt = new PathTree(compressedBlob);
-            return pt.toList();
-        } catch (Throwable t) {
-            throw t;
-        }
+    public static List<String> hydrateContentPackage(byte[] compressedBlob) {
+        PathTree pt = new PathTree(compressedBlob);
+        return pt.toList();
     }