diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..127e9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Python-based command line tools for accessing a WebCTRL server via its WSDL interface
+
+Prerequisits
+------------
+
+1) Python 2.7
+2) In order to use the WSDL API you need to download and install the SUDS python package
+	Download suds-0.4.tar.gz here: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/suds
+	Install via command line: $ sudo pip install suds-0.4.tar.gz
+3) If you don't want to execute the scripts from within an IDE (e.g. Pycharm) you could install pythoninstaller 
+   to build the tools: $ sudo pip install pyinstaller
+
+Building the tools
+------------------
+
+webctrl$ ./build_project.sh
+
+The executables can be found in ./dist/wc_*/wc_*
+
+Running the tools
+-----------------
+
+e.g.: webctrl$ ./dist/wc_query/wc_query
+
+When you run the tools without any arguments you will be prompted with how to use the commands and which
+arguments to pass.
+
+
diff --git a/build_project.sh b/build_project.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..82b8d0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_project.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PYDIR=.
+INSTALLDIR=dist/.
+
+for FILE in ${PYDIR}/*.py; do
+  pyinstaller --distpath ${INSTALLDIR} ${FILE}
+done
+
+
+
diff --git a/wc_getTrend.py b/wc_getTrend.py
index 5a3bf75..44f6e8b 100644
--- a/wc_getTrend.py
+++ b/wc_getTrend.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     print '$ wc_getTrend /trees/geographic/#path/#to/#controller/m???'
     print 'or:'
     print '$ wc_getTrend "#controller/m???"'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     path = sys.argv[1]
 
@@ -21,11 +21,10 @@
     print 'Error: Incorrect username and/or password'
 except xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException:
     print 'Error: Incorrect/Misspelled WSDL file. It should be: http(s)://URL?wsdl'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 except:
     print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
-    raise
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 
 location = '#g_umluftkw_trend/m009'
@@ -38,8 +37,8 @@
     trendData = client.service.getTrendData(location, startDate, endDate, limitFromStart, maxRecords)
 except suds.WebFault as fault:
     print fault
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 print trendData
 
-exit(0)
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/wc_getValue.py b/wc_getValue.py
index 1150472..a6278ce 100644
--- a/wc_getValue.py
+++ b/wc_getValue.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     print '$ wc_getValue /trees/geographic/#path/#to/#controller/m???'
     print 'or:'
     print '$ wc_getValue "#controller/m???"'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     path = sys.argv[1]
 
@@ -21,17 +21,16 @@
     print 'Error: Incorrect username and/or password'
 except xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException:
     print 'Error: Incorrect/Misspelled WSDL file. It should be: http(s)://URL?wsdl'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 except:
     print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
-    raise
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     value = client.service.getValue(path)
 except suds.WebFault as fault:
     print fault
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 if value is None:
     print "You haven't specified a particular controller. The command could look like this:"
@@ -39,4 +38,4 @@
 else:
     print "Present value of " + path + " is: " + value
 
-exit(0)
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/wc_query.py b/wc_query.py
index ae0ddf3..b40d234 100644
--- a/wc_query.py
+++ b/wc_query.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     print 'Usage of this command:'
     print '$ wc_query /trees/geographic/#path/#to/#controller'
     print 'Start querying by typing: $ wc_query /trees/geographic'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 else:
     path = sys.argv[1]
 
@@ -20,17 +20,16 @@
     print 'Error: Incorrect username and/or password'
 except xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException:
     print 'Error: Incorrect/Misspelled WSDL file. It should be: http(s)://URL?wsdl'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 except:
     print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
-    raise
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     print 'Children of "' + path + '":'
     print client.service.getChildren(path)
 except suds.WebFault as fault:
     print fault
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
-exit(0)
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/wc_report.py b/wc_report.py
index 6d71b74..bd13ca1 100644
--- a/wc_report.py
+++ b/wc_report.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
     print 'These are the possible types of reports:'
     for rtype in reportTypes:
         print rtype
-    exit(0)
+    sys.exit(0)
 elif len(sys.argv) == 2:
     print 'Need exactly two arguments:'
     print '$ wc_report /trees/geographic/#path/#to/#controller ~report_name'
     for rtype in reportTypes:
         print rtype
-    exit(0)
+    sys.exit(0)
 else:
     path = sys.argv[1]
     reportType = sys.argv[2]
@@ -35,18 +35,17 @@
     print 'Error: Incorrect username and/or password'
 except xml.sax._exceptions.SAXParseException:
     print 'Error: Incorrect/Misspelled WSDL file. It should be: http(s)://URL?wsdl'
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 except:
     print("Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0])
-    raise
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 # Get the report
 try:
     report = client.service.runReport(path, reportType, 'csv')
 except suds.WebFault as fault:
     print fault
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 # Split the report into separate lines and calculate the number of columns
 lines = report.split("\n")
@@ -89,4 +88,4 @@
                     c = c + n * '-' + '---'
             print c
 
-exit(0)
+sys.exit(0)