diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 19f9b9295..f0ea49d44 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 		<!-- release -->
 		<matsim.version>14.0</matsim.version>
 
-		<!-- PR release -->
+		<!-- PR (= pull request) release -->
 		<!--		<matsim.version>13.1-PR1536</matsim.version> -->
 
 		<!-- for dependency sharing in IDE -->
-		<!--		<matsim.version>14.0-SNAPSHOT</matsim.version> -->
+<!--				<matsim.version>15.0-SNAPSHOT</matsim.version>-->
 
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
 			<artifactId>emissions</artifactId>
 			<version>${matsim.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.matsim.contrib</groupId>
+			<artifactId>application</artifactId>
+			<version>${matsim.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<!--Dependencies from where stated above to here are added as a service; they can be removed if you don't need them-->
 
 	</dependencies>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/matsim/project/RunMatsimApplication.java b/src/main/java/org/matsim/project/RunMatsimApplication.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..251a7b34a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/matsim/project/RunMatsimApplication.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* *********************************************************************** *
+ * project: org.matsim.*												   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ * *********************************************************************** *
+ *                                                                         *
+ * copyright       : (C) 2008 by the members listed in the COPYING,        *
+ *                   LICENSE and WARRANTY file.                            *
+ * email           : info at matsim dot org                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ * *********************************************************************** *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *   See also COPYING, LICENSE and WARRANTY file                           *
+ *                                                                         *
+ * *********************************************************************** */
+package org.matsim.project;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.tools.picocli.CommandLine;
+import org.matsim.api.core.v01.Scenario;
+import org.matsim.application.MATSimApplication;
+import org.matsim.core.config.Config;
+import org.matsim.core.config.ConfigUtils;
+import org.matsim.core.controler.Controler;
+import org.matsim.core.controler.OutputDirectoryHierarchy.OverwriteFileSetting;
+import org.matsim.core.scenario.ScenarioUtils;
+
+/**
+ * @author nagel
+ *
+ */
+@CommandLine.Command( header = ":: MyScenario ::", version = "1.0")
+public class RunMatsimApplication extends MATSimApplication{
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		Config config;
+		if ( args==null || args.length==0 || args[0]==null ){
+			config = ConfigUtils.loadConfig( "scenarios/equil/config.xml" );
+		} else {
+			config = ConfigUtils.loadConfig( args );
+		}
+
+		config.controler().setOverwriteFileSetting( OverwriteFileSetting.deleteDirectoryIfExists );
+
+		// possibly modify config here
+
+		// ---
+		
+		Scenario scenario = ScenarioUtils.loadScenario(config) ;
+
+		// possibly modify scenario here
+		
+		// ---
+		
+		Controler controler = new Controler( scenario ) ;
+		
+		// possibly modify controler here
+
+//		controler.addOverridingModule( new OTFVisLiveModule() ) ;
+
+		
+		// ---
+		
+		controler.run();
+	}
+	
+}