diff --git a/node/dist/build.gradle b/node/dist/build.gradle
index ccf5dd9f8a..920e5c3e00 100644
--- a/node/dist/build.gradle
+++ b/node/dist/build.gradle
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ sourceSets {
 
 // Runtime dependencies of launcher
 dependencies {
+    compile project(':node')
     launcherClasspath project(':launcher')
     launcherClasspath "org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:$slf4j_version"
     launcherClasspath "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${log4j_version}"
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ task buildLauncher(type: Exec, dependsOn: [copyLauncherLibs]) {
     }
 }
 
-task buildNode(type: Copy, dependsOn: [buildLauncher, project(':docs').tasks['makeDocs']]) {
+task buildNode(type: Copy, dependsOn: [buildLauncher, project(':docs').tasks['makeDocs'], project(':node').tasks['jar']]) {
     description 'Build stand-alone Corda Node distribution'
 
     into(outputDir)
diff --git a/node/dist/src/main/resources/readme/example-node.conf b/node/dist/src/main/resources/readme/example-node.conf
index 538f118df5..15d45001d7 100644
--- a/node/dist/src/main/resources/readme/example-node.conf
+++ b/node/dist/src/main/resources/readme/example-node.conf
@@ -1,22 +1,61 @@
-myLegalName : "O=Bank A,L=London,C=GB"
-keyStorePassword : "cordacadevpass"
-trustStorePassword : "trustpass"
-dataSourceProperties : {
-    dataSourceClassName : org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource
-    "dataSource.url" : "jdbc:h2:file:"${baseDirectory}"/persistence"
-    "dataSource.user" : sa
-    "dataSource.password" : ""
+p2pAddress="localhost:10005"
+myLegalName="O=Bank A,L=London,C=GB"
+emailAddress = "admin@company.com"
+keyStorePassword = "cordacadevpass"
+trustStorePassword = "trustpass"
+dataSourceProperties = {
+    dataSourceClassName = org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource
+    dataSource.url = "jdbc:h2:file:"${baseDirectory}"/persistence;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;WRITE_DELAY=0;AUTO_SERVER_PORT="${h2port}
+    dataSource.user = sa
+    dataSource.password = ""
 }
-p2pAddress : "my-corda-node:10002"
+database = {
+    transactionIsolationLevel = "REPEATABLE_READ"
+    exportHibernateJMXStatistics = "false"
+}
+devMode = true
+h2port = 0
+useTestClock = false
+verifierType = InMemory
 rpcSettings = {
     useSsl = false
     standAloneBroker = false
-    address : "my-corda-node:10003"
-    adminAddress : "my-corda-node:10004"
+    address="localhost:10007"
+    adminAddress="localhost:10008"
+}
+security {
+    authService {
+        dataSource {
+            type=INMEMORY
+            users=[
+                {
+                    password=default
+                    permissions=[
+                        ALL
+                    ]
+                    username=default
+                }
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
+enterpriseConfiguration = {
+    mutualExclusionConfiguration = {
+        on = false
+        machineName = ""
+        updateInterval = 20000
+        waitInterval = 40000
+    }
+    tuning = {
+        flowThreadPoolSize = 1
+        rpcThreadPoolSize = 4
+        maximumMessagingBatchSize = 256
+        p2pConfirmationWindowSize = 1048576
+        brokerConnectionTtlCheckIntervalMs = 20
+        stateMachine = {
+            eventQueueSize = 16
+            sessionDeliverPersistenceStrategy = "OnNextCommit"
+        }
+    }
+    useMultiThreadedSMM = true
 }
-webAddress : "localhost:10004"
-rpcUsers : [
-    { username=user1, password=letmein, permissions=[ StartFlow.net.corda.protocols.CashProtocol ] }
-]
-devMode : true
-// certificateSigningService : "https://testnet.certificate.corda.net"