diff --git a/appLoader/pom.xml b/appLoader/pom.xml
index ca76d169..b78d523f 100644
--- a/appLoader/pom.xml
+++ b/appLoader/pom.xml
@@ -11,26 +11,26 @@
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
-                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
                     <finalName>appLoader</finalName>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
                             <mainClass>com.vmware.WorkflowAppLoader</mainClass>
                         </manifest>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <appMainClass>com.vmware.WorkflowRunner</appMainClass>
+                            <deleteOldReleaseJarPattern>workflow-[\w_]+.jar</deleteOldReleaseJarPattern>
+                            <releaseJarName>workflow-May_14_2021.jar</releaseJarName>
+                            <releaseUrl>https://github.com/vmware/workflowTools/releases/download/May_13_2021/workflow.jar</releaseUrl>
+                        </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
-                    <descriptorRefs>
-                        <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                    </descriptorRefs>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>make-assembly</id> <!-- this is used for inheritance merges -->
                         <phase>package</phase> <!-- bind to the packaging phase -->
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/AppLauncher.java b/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/AppLauncher.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1bdc573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/AppLauncher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.vmware;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Main class for jar application
+ */
+public interface AppLauncher {
+    /**
+     * Launches application
+     *
+     * @param appClassLoader class loader to use for the application jar file.
+     * @param args command line arguments passed in
+     */
+    void run(ClassLoader appClassLoader, List<String> args);
+}
diff --git a/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowAppLoader.java b/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowAppLoader.java
index 04961c8f..ef61ad5f 100644
--- a/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowAppLoader.java
+++ b/appLoader/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowAppLoader.java
@@ -3,27 +3,35 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.nio.channels.Channels;
 import java.nio.channels.ReadableByteChannel;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 
 public class WorkflowAppLoader {
-    private static final String RELEASE_DATE = "May_13_2021";
-    private static final String RELEASE_URL = "https://github.com/vmware/workflowTools/releases/download/" + RELEASE_DATE + "/workflow.jar";
-    private static final String RELEASE_NAME = "workflow-" + RELEASE_DATE + ".jar";
 
-    private final String tempDirectory;
+    private final String releaseDirectory;
     private final List<String> argValues;
-    private final boolean debugLog;
-    private final File expectedReleaseJar;
+    private final boolean debugLog, reset;
+    private final File releaseJar;
+    private final Map<String, String> manifestAttributes;
+    private final File testReleaseJar;
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         WorkflowAppLoader loader = new WorkflowAppLoader(args);
@@ -32,46 +40,43 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
     }
 
     public WorkflowAppLoader(String[] args) {
-        this.tempDirectory = getTempDirectory();
-        this.argValues = Arrays.asList(args);
+        this.argValues = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(args));
         this.debugLog = Stream.of("-d", "--debug", "-t", "--trace").anyMatch(argValues::contains);
-        this.expectedReleaseJar = new File(tempDirectory + File.separator + RELEASE_NAME);
+        this.reset = argValues.remove("--reset");
+        this.manifestAttributes = getManifestAttributes();
+        this.releaseDirectory = manifestAttributes.containsKey("releaseDirectory")
+                ? manifestAttributes.get("releaseDirectory") : System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
+        this.releaseJar = new File(this.releaseDirectory + File.separator + manifestAttributes.get("releaseJarName"));
+        Optional<String> testReleaseJarPath = getArgValue("--test-release-jar");
+        this.testReleaseJar = testReleaseJarPath.map(File::new).orElse(null);
     }
 
     public void executeWorkflowJar() {
-        if (debugLog) {
-            System.out.println("Launching workflow jar with args " + argValues);
-        }
+        debug("Launching workflow jar with args " + argValues);
         try {
-            URLClassLoader urlClassLoader = new URLClassLoader(
-                    new URL[] {expectedReleaseJar.toURI().toURL()},
-                    this.getClass().getClassLoader()
-            );
-            Class classToLoad = Class.forName("com.vmware.WorkflowRunner", true, urlClassLoader);
-            Method method = classToLoad.getDeclaredMethod("runWorkflow", ClassLoader.class, List.class);
-            Object instance = classToLoad.newInstance();
-            method.invoke(instance, urlClassLoader, argValues);
+
+            URLClassLoader urlClassLoader = URLClassLoader.newInstance(new URL[] { releaseJar.toURI().toURL()}, getClass().getClassLoader());
+            Class<? extends AppLauncher> classToLoad = (Class<? extends AppLauncher>) urlClassLoader.loadClass(manifestAttributes.get("appMainClass"));
+            AppLauncher launcher = classToLoad.newInstance();
+            launcher.run(urlClassLoader, argValues);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
 
     public void downloadJarFileIfNeeded() {
-        if (debugLog) {
-            System.out.println("Expected release jar is " + expectedReleaseJar.getPath());
-        }
-        if (expectedReleaseJar.exists()) {
-            if (debugLog) {
-                System.out.println("Jar file " + expectedReleaseJar.getPath() + " already exists");
-            }
+        debug("Expected release jar is " + releaseJar.getPath());
+        if (releaseJar.exists() && !reset) {
+            debug("Jar file " + releaseJar.getPath() + " already exists");
             return;
         }
+        deleteOldReleasesIfNeeded();
         URL releaseURL = createReleaseUrl();
-        System.out.println("Downloading workflow release jar " + releaseURL.toString() + " to temp directory " + tempDirectory);
+        info("Downloading workflow release jar " + releaseURL.toString() + " to " + releaseJar.getPath());
 
         try {
             ReadableByteChannel readableByteChannel = Channels.newChannel(releaseURL.openStream());
-            FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(expectedReleaseJar);
+            FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(releaseJar);
             fileOutputStream.getChannel().transferFrom(readableByteChannel, 0, Long.MAX_VALUE);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -79,24 +84,79 @@ public void downloadJarFileIfNeeded() {
 
     }
 
+    private void deleteOldReleasesIfNeeded() {
+        String deleteOldReleasesPattern = manifestAttributes.get("deleteOldReleaseJarPattern");
+        if (deleteOldReleasesPattern == null) {
+            debug("Delete old releases pattern not set, skipping deletion of old releases");
+        }
+        Pattern deleteJarPattern = Pattern.compile(deleteOldReleasesPattern);
+        File[] matchingReleases = new File(releaseDirectory).listFiles(file -> deleteJarPattern.matcher(file.getName()).matches());
+        Arrays.stream(matchingReleases).forEach(release -> {
+            info("Deleting old release " + release.getPath());
+            release.delete();
+        });
+    }
+
     private URL createReleaseUrl() {
+        if (testReleaseJar != null) {
+            info("Using test release file " + testReleaseJar.getPath());
+            try {
+                return testReleaseJar.toURI().toURL();
+            } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
         URL releaseURL;
         try {
-            releaseURL = URI.create(RELEASE_URL).toURL();
+            releaseURL = URI.create(manifestAttributes.get("releaseUrl")).toURL();
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
         return releaseURL;
     }
 
-    private String getTempDirectory() {
+    private void debug(String message) {
+        if (debugLog) {
+            System.out.println(message);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void info(String message) {
+        System.out.println(message);
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> getManifestAttributes() {
+        Optional<String> jarFilePath = getArgValue("--loader-jar-file");
+
+        InputStream manifestInputStream;
+        if (jarFilePath.isPresent()) {
+            info("Loading manifest from jar file " + jarFilePath.get());
+            try {
+                JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(jarFilePath.get());
+                ZipEntry manifestEntry = jarFile.getEntry(JarFile.MANIFEST_NAME);
+                manifestInputStream = jarFile.getInputStream(manifestEntry);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            manifestInputStream = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(JarFile.MANIFEST_NAME);
+        }
+
         try {
-            File tempFile = File.createTempFile("sample", "txt");
-            String directory = tempFile.getParent();
-            tempFile.delete();
-            return directory;
+            Manifest manifest = new Manifest(manifestInputStream);
+            Attributes mainAttributes = manifest.getMainAttributes();
+            Set<Object> attributeKeys = mainAttributes.keySet();
+            Map<String, String> attributeValues = attributeKeys.stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(String::valueOf, key -> mainAttributes.getValue((Attributes.Name) key)));
+            debug("Manifest Attribute values " + attributeValues);
+            return attributeValues;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
     }
+
+    private Optional<String> getArgValue(String argName) {
+        Optional<String> argValue = argValues.stream().filter(arg -> arg.startsWith(argName + "=")).map(arg -> arg.split("=")[1]).findFirst();
+        argValues.removeIf(arg -> arg.startsWith(argName + "="));
+        return argValue;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/vmware/config/WorkflowConfig.java b/config/src/main/java/com/vmware/config/WorkflowConfig.java
index b0b02825..528538e3 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/vmware/config/WorkflowConfig.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/vmware/config/WorkflowConfig.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class WorkflowConfig {
     private static final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
     private static final SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HHmmss");
 
-    public static ClassLoader realClassLoader;
+    public static ClassLoader appClassLoader;
 
     @SectionConfig
     public LoggingConfig loggingConfig;
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4a355fd8..963e55c2 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
             <artifactId>serviceApis</artifactId>
             <version>1.0</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.vmware</groupId>
+            <artifactId>appLoader</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.jcraft</groupId>
             <artifactId>jsch</artifactId>
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-                    <finalName>workflow</finalName>
+                    <finalName>workflowTools</finalName>
                     <archive>
                         <manifest>
                             <mainClass>com.vmware.WorkflowRunner</mainClass>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/Workflow.java b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/Workflow.java
index 079df1f8..d1027ffe 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/Workflow.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/Workflow.java
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ public class Workflow {
     private String username = null;
     private final List<String> args;
 
-    public Workflow(ClassLoader classLoader, List<String> args) {
-        WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader = classLoader;
+    public Workflow(ClassLoader appClassLoader, List<String> args) {
+        WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader = appClassLoader;
         this.args = args;
     }
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ private ArgumentCompleter createWorkflowCompleter() {
                 autocompleteList.add(workflow);
             }
         }
-        WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader);
+        WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader);
         // ! means that it won't show up if nothing is entered
         autocompleteList.addAll(workflowActions.getWorkflowActionClasses()
                 .stream().map(workflowAction -> "!" + workflowAction.getSimpleName()).collect(Collectors.toList()));
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ public void runWorkflow() {
                 return;
             }
 
-            WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader);
+            WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader);
             List<WorkflowAction> actions = workflowActions.determineActions(workflowToRun);
             // update history file after all the workflow has been determined to be valid
             updateWorkflowHistoryFile();
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ private void outputTotalExecutionTime(Date startingDate) {
 
     private void checkAllActionsCanBeInstantiated(boolean runAllHelperMethods) {
         log.info("Checking that each action value in the workflows is valid");
-        WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader);
+        WorkflowActions workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader);
         List<WorkflowAction> actions =
                 workflowActions.determineActions(StringUtils.join(config.workflows.keySet()));
         WorkflowActionValues actionValues = new WorkflowActionValues();
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowRunner.java b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowRunner.java
index afaf88e8..0297a2df 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowRunner.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/WorkflowRunner.java
@@ -11,19 +11,20 @@
 /**
  * Class that starts the workflow tools app.
  */
-public class WorkflowRunner {
+public class WorkflowRunner implements AppLauncher {
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
-        new WorkflowRunner().runWorkflow(classLoader, Arrays.asList(args));
+        new WorkflowRunner().run(classLoader, Arrays.asList(args));
     }
 
-    public void runWorkflow(ClassLoader classLoader, List<String> args) {
+    @Override
+    public void run(ClassLoader appClassLoader, List<String> args) {
         LogManager.getLogManager().reset();
         java.util.logging.Logger globalLogger = java.util.logging.Logger.getLogger("com.vmware");
         globalLogger.addHandler(createHandler());
 
-        Workflow workflow = new Workflow(classLoader, args);
+        Workflow workflow = new Workflow(appClassLoader, args);
         workflow.runWorkflow();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/action/info/DisplayWorkflowActions.java b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/action/info/DisplayWorkflowActions.java
index 0b00edf0..1f461d00 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/action/info/DisplayWorkflowActions.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/action/info/DisplayWorkflowActions.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public void process() {
 
     private Map<String, List<Class<? extends BaseAction>>> generateClassMap() {
         Map<String, List<Class<? extends BaseAction>>> classes = new TreeMap<String, List<Class<? extends BaseAction>>>();
-        List<Class<? extends BaseAction>> workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader).getWorkflowActionClasses();
+        List<Class<? extends BaseAction>> workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader).getWorkflowActionClasses();
         for (Class<? extends BaseAction> action : workflowActions) {
             String[] pieces = action.getName().split("\\.");
             String packageName = pieces[pieces.length - 2];
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/mapping/ConfigValuesCompleter.java b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/mapping/ConfigValuesCompleter.java
index b7fb4fba..a136257f 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/mapping/ConfigValuesCompleter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/vmware/mapping/ConfigValuesCompleter.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import java.util.SortedSet;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
 
-import com.vmware.Workflow;
 import com.vmware.action.BaseAction;
 import com.vmware.config.ReplacementVariables;
 import com.vmware.config.WorkflowAction;
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ public class ConfigValuesCompleter extends ImprovedStringsCompleter implements C
     public ConfigValuesCompleter(WorkflowConfig config) {
         this.configMappings = new ConfigMappings();
         this.config = config;
-        this.workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.realClassLoader).getWorkflowActionClasses();
+        this.workflowActions = new WorkflowActions(config, WorkflowConfig.appClassLoader).getWorkflowActionClasses();
         super.values.addAll(configMappings.allConfigValues());
     }
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af445e3c..4e633bfc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <version>1.0</version>
   <modules>
+    <module>appLoader</module>
     <module>core</module>
     <module>serviceApis</module>
     <module>config</module>
     <module>utils</module>
-    <module>appLoader</module>
   </modules>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/workflow.jar b/workflow.jar
index 00129421..072d9138 100644
Binary files a/workflow.jar and b/workflow.jar differ