diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0a191a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* Ignore built gems */
+*.gem
diff --git a/jekyll-get.gemspec b/jekyll-get.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adaf812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jekyll-get.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'jekyll-get'
+  s.version     = '1.0.0'
+  s.date        = '2016-06-07'
+  s.summary     = 'Ruby gem to download data from external JSON sources to use in Jekyll site'
+  s.description = 'Downloads data from external JSON source(s)'
+  s.authors     = ['Allen Kramer & Michael Pell']
+  s.email       = 'kramer.alleng@gmail.com'
+  s.files       = ['lib/jekyll-get.rb']
+  s.homepage    =
+    'http://rubygems.org/gems/jekyll-get'
+  s.license       = 'CC0-1.0'
+
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'hash-joiner', '~> 0.0.7'
+  s.add_runtime_dependency 'jekyll', '~> 3.1', '>= 3.1.6'
+end
diff --git a/jekyll_get.rb b/jekyll_get.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f5fb7e3..0000000
--- a/jekyll_get.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-require 'json'
-require 'hash-joiner'
-require 'open-uri'
-
-module Jekyll_Get
-  class Generator < Jekyll::Generator
-    safe true
-    priority :highest
-
-    def generate(site)
-      config = site.config['jekyll_get']
-      if !config
-        return
-      end
-      if !config.kind_of?(Array)
-        config = [config]
-      end
-      config.each do |d|
-        begin
-          target = site.data[d['data']]
-          source = JSON.load(open(d['json']))
-          if target
-            HashJoiner.deep_merge target, source
-          else
-            site.data[d['data']] = source
-          end
-          if d['cache']
-            data_source = (site.config['data_source'] || '_data')
-            path = "#{data_source}/#{d['data']}.json"
-            open(path, 'wb') do |file|
-              file << JSON.generate(site.data[d['data']])
-            end
-          end
-        rescue
-          next
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/_plugins/jekyll_get.rb b/lib/jekyll-get.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from _plugins/jekyll_get.rb
rename to lib/jekyll-get.rb
index f5fb7e3..7407371 100644
--- a/_plugins/jekyll_get.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-get.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require 'hash-joiner'
 require 'open-uri'
 
-module Jekyll_Get
+module JekyllGet
   class Generator < Jekyll::Generator
     safe true
     priority :highest
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index cfb734d..f75845d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -1,12 +1,34 @@
-# Install
+#Jekyll::Get
 
-Add this file to `_plugins` in the root of your Jekyll site.
+Ruby gem to download data from external JSON sources to use in Jekyll site
 
-# Configure
+## Install
+
+In your `_config.yml` file, add a new array with the key ```gems:``` and the value of the gem name you'd like to use.
+
+```yml
+gems: [jekyll-get]
+```
+
+Then install your gem using ```gem install jekyll-get```
+
+or
+
+Add the this gem to a Bundler group in your Gemfile.
+
+```yml
+group :jekyll_plugins do
+  gem 'jekyll-get'
+end
+```
+
+Then install by running ```bundle install```
+
+## Configure
 
 This plugin reads settings from the `_config.yml` file. Add settings as attributes or an array of attributes for multiple files.
 
-## Example
+### Example
 
 ```yml
 jekyll_get: