diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..379af30e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+### Note: Please don't change these for your local setup. You may get a merge conflict when updating if ever this file gets changed by a dev. Instead, make a local.properties file for your own settings. Thanks!
+
+# General
+# This handles if the database will be dropped or not.  Turn this on if you want to drop the db and do a "ant drop_database" from the swg-main dir.
+firstrun = false
+
+# SWG Server Settings
+cluster_name = swg
+# max_characters_per_account is the number of characters that a single account may have, across all clusters
+max_characters_per_account = 10
+# max_characters_per_cluster is the number of characters that a single cluster may have
+max_characters_per_cluster = 250
+# character_slots is the number of characters that a single account may have on one cluster
+character_slots = 10
+
+# Database Settings
+db_username = swg
+db_password = swg
+db_service = swg
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 583e31651..15c21c53e 100755
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	<hostinfo/>
 
 	<!-- Property File -->
-	<property file="local.properties" />
-	<property file="build.properties" />
+	<property file="dsrc/local.properties" />
+	<property file="dsrc/build.properties" />
 
 	<!-- Global Properties -->
 	<property name="build" location="${basedir}/build"/>