diff --git a/BootstrapIvy.xml b/BootstrapIvy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..031c1f2cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BootstrapIvy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project name="BootstrapIvy" default="all" basedir="." xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant">
+    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.3.0-rc2" />
+    <condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
+        <isset property="env.IVY_HOME" />
+    </condition>
+    <property name="ivy.home" value="${user.home}/.ant" />
+    <property name="ivy.jar.dir" value="${ivy.home}/lib" />
+    <property name="ivy.jar.file" value="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar" />
+    
+    <target name="download-ivy" unless="offline">
+        <available file="${ivy.jar.file}" property="ivy.available"/>
+        <antcall target="-download-ivy" />
+    </target>
+    
+    <target name="-download-ivy" unless="ivy.available">
+        <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
+        <get src="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" 
+             dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <!-- init-ivy will bootstrap Ivy if the user doesn't have it already -->
+    <target name="init-ivy" depends="download-ivy" unless="ivy.lib.path">
+        <path id="ivy.lib.path">
+            <fileset dir="${ivy.jar.dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
+        </path>
+        <taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
+                 uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" classpathref="ivy.lib.path"/>
+    </target>
+</project>
diff --git a/Core/build.xml b/Core/build.xml
index cfa8588fa3..a3e16b4c78 100644
--- a/Core/build.xml
+++ b/Core/build.xml
@@ -5,36 +5,9 @@
 <project name="org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core" default="netbeans" basedir="." xmlns:ivy="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" >
     <description>Builds, tests, and runs the project org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core</description>
     <import file="nbproject/build-impl.xml"/>
+    <import file="../BootstrapIvy.xml"/>
           
-    
-    <property name="ivy.install.version" value="2.3.0-rc2" />
-    <condition property="ivy.home" value="${env.IVY_HOME}">
-        <isset property="env.IVY_HOME" />
-    </condition>
-    <property name="ivy.home" value="${user.home}/.ant" />
-    <property name="ivy.jar.dir" value="${ivy.home}/lib" />
-    <property name="ivy.jar.file" value="${ivy.jar.dir}/ivy.jar" />
-
-    <target name="download-ivy" unless="offline">
-        <available file="${ivy.jar.file}" property="ivy.available"/>
-        <antcall target="-download-ivy" />
-    </target>
-    
-    <target name="-download-ivy" unless="ivy.available">
-        <mkdir dir="${ivy.jar.dir}"/>
-        <get src="http://repo2.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/ivy/ivy/${ivy.install.version}/ivy-${ivy.install.version}.jar" 
-             dest="${ivy.jar.file}" usetimestamp="true"/>
-    </target>
-
-    <!-- init-ivy will bootstrap Ivy if the user doesn't have it already -->
-    <target name="init-ivy" depends="download-ivy" unless="ivy.lib.path">
-        <path id="ivy.lib.path">
-            <fileset dir="${ivy.jar.dir}" includes="*.jar"/>
-        </path>
-        <taskdef resource="org/apache/ivy/ant/antlib.xml"
-                 uri="antlib:org.apache.ivy.ant" classpathref="ivy.lib.path"/>
-    </target>
-    
+       
     <property name="thirdparty.dir" value="${basedir}/../thirdparty" />
     <property name="release.dir" value="${basedir}/release" />
     <property name="modules.dir" value="${release.dir}/modules/" />
@@ -120,6 +93,7 @@
         <!--Override clean to delete jars, etc downloaded with Ivy  
         or copied in from thirdparty folder.  This way we don't end up with 
         out-of-date/unneeded stuff in the installer-->
+        <mkdir dir="${release.dir}"/>
         <delete includeemptydirs="true" >
             <fileset dir="${release.dir}" includes="**/*"/>
         </delete>