diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index a82c602..2c23fc5 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ dependencies {
 //    implementation(libs.csv)
 
     implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.core)
+    implementation(libs.slf4j.api)
     implementation(libs.kotlin.logging)
 
     when (applicationLogging) {
@@ -140,10 +141,15 @@ tasks {
     named<ShadowJar>("shadowJar") {
         manifest {
             attributes["Main-Class"] = applicationMainClass
+            attributes["Implementation-Version"] = project.version
         }
         minimize {
             exclude(dependency("org.openrndr:openrndr-gl3:.*"))
             exclude(dependency("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:.*"))
+            exclude(dependency("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:.*"))
+            exclude(dependency("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:.*"))
+            exclude(dependency("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:.*"))
+            exclude(dependency("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml:.*"))
         }
     }
     named<org.beryx.runtime.JPackageTask>("jpackage") {
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index f43bbd9..82c5af5 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dependencyResolutionManagement {
             library("kotlin-script-runtime", "org.jetbrains.kotlin", "kotlin-script-runtime").versionRef("kotlin")
 
             version("slf4j", "1.7.36")
+            library("slf4j-api", "org.slf4j", "slf4j-api").versionRef("slf4j")
             library("slf4j-nop", "org.slf4j", "slf4j-nop").versionRef("slf4j")
             library("slf4j-simple", "org.slf4j", "slf4j-simple").versionRef("slf4j")