diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f984177d43..98f631836a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     compile project(':node')
     compile "com.google.guava:guava:19.0"
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
 }
 
 task jacocoRootReport(type: org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReport) {
diff --git a/docs/source/example-code/build.gradle b/docs/source/example-code/build.gradle
index 470ef52172..9bc0aeb012 100644
--- a/docs/source/example-code/build.gradle
+++ b/docs/source/example-code/build.gradle
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
-compileTestJava.dependsOn tasks.getByPath(':node:buildCordaJAR')
+compileTestJava.dependsOn tasks.getByPath(':node:capsule:buildCordaJAR')
 
 dependencies {
     compile project(':core')
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: "bouncycastle"
     }
 
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
 }
 
 mainClassName = "net.corda.docs.ClientRpcTutorialKt"
diff --git a/node/build.gradle b/node/build.gradle
index 03fdcf10b7..2d962ed1ab 100644
--- a/node/build.gradle
+++ b/node/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin'
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.quasar-utils'
 apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
-apply plugin: 'us.kirchmeier.capsule'
 apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
 
@@ -26,18 +25,8 @@ configurations {
 
     integrationTestCompile.extendsFrom testCompile
     integrationTestRuntime.extendsFrom testRuntime
-
-    runtimeArtifacts.extendsFrom runtime
 }
 
-// Force the Caplet to target Java 6. This ensures that running 'java -jar corda.jar' on any Java 6 VM upwards
-// will get as far as the Capsule version checks, meaning that if your JVM is too old, you will at least get
-// a sensible error message telling you what to do rather than a bytecode version exception that doesn't.
-// If we introduce .java files into this module that need Java 8+ then we will have to push the caplet into
-// its own module so its target can be controlled individually, but for now this suffices.
-sourceCompatibility = 1.6
-targetCompatibility = 1.6
-
 sourceSets {
     integrationTest {
         kotlin {
@@ -172,33 +161,6 @@ task integrationTest(type: Test) {
     classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
 }
 
-task buildCordaJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: ['jar', 'buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR']) {
-    applicationClass 'net.corda.node.MainKt'
-    archiveName "corda-${corda_version}.jar"
-    applicationSource = files(project.tasks.findByName('jar'), 'build/classes/main/CordaCaplet.class', 'config/dev/log4j2.xml')
-
-    capsuleManifest {
-        appClassPath = ["jolokia-agent-war-${project.rootProject.ext.jolokia_version}.war"]
-        javaAgents = ["quasar-core-${quasar_version}-jdk8.jar"]
-        minJavaVersion = '1.8.0'
-        caplets = ['CordaCaplet']
-    }
-}
-
-task buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: project.jar) {
-    applicationClass 'net.corda.node.utilities.certsigning.CertificateSignerKt'
-    archiveName 'certSigningRequestUtility.jar'
-    capsuleManifest {
-        systemProperties['log4j.configuration'] = 'log4j2.xml'
-        minJavaVersion = '1.8.0'
-    }
-}
-
-artifacts {
-    runtimeArtifacts buildCordaJAR
-}
-
-
 bintray {
     user = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_USER')
     key = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_KEY')
@@ -219,26 +181,6 @@ bintray {
     }
 }
 
-bintray {
-    user = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_USER')
-    key = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_KEY')
-    publications = ['corda']
-    dryRun = false
-    pkg {
-        repo = 'corda'
-        name = 'corda'
-        userOrg = 'r3'
-        licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
-
-        version {
-            gpg {
-                sign = true
-                passphrase = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_GPG_PASSPHRASE')
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 publishing {
     publications {
         node(MavenPublication) {
@@ -276,41 +218,5 @@ publishing {
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        corda(MavenPublication) {
-            artifactId 'corda'
-
-            artifact buildCordaJAR {
-                classifier ""
-            }
-
-            pom.withXml {
-                asNode().children().last() + {
-                    resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
-                    name 'corda'
-                    description 'Corda standalone node'
-                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    scm {
-                        url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
-                    }
-
-                    licenses {
-                        license {
-                            name 'Apache-2.0'
-                            url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
-                            distribution 'repo'
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id 'R3'
-                            name 'R3'
-                            email 'dev@corda.net'
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/node/capsule/build.gradle b/node/capsule/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..063eeca767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node/capsule/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * This build.gradle exists to publish our capsule (executable fat jar) to maven. It cannot be placed in the
+ * node project because the bintray plugin cannot publish two modules from one project.
+ */
+apply plugin: 'net.corda.plugins.publish-utils'
+apply plugin: 'us.kirchmeier.capsule'
+apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply plugin: 'com.jfrog.bintray'
+
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+}
+
+configurations {
+    runtimeArtifacts.extendsFrom runtime
+}
+
+// Force the Caplet to target Java 6. This ensures that running 'java -jar corda.jar' on any Java 6 VM upwards
+// will get as far as the Capsule version checks, meaning that if your JVM is too old, you will at least get
+// a sensible error message telling you what to do rather than a bytecode version exception that doesn't.
+// If we introduce .java files into this module that need Java 8+ then we will have to push the caplet into
+// its own module so its target can be controlled individually, but for now this suffices.
+sourceCompatibility = 1.6
+targetCompatibility = 1.6
+
+sourceSets {
+    test {
+        resources {
+            srcDir "../config/test"
+        }
+    }
+    main {
+        resources {
+            srcDir "../config/dev"
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    compile project(':node')
+}
+
+task buildCordaJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: ['jar', 'buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR']) {
+    applicationClass 'net.corda.node.MainKt'
+    archiveName "corda-${corda_version}.jar"
+    applicationSource = files(project.tasks.findByName('jar'), 'build/classes/main/CordaCaplet.class', 'config/dev/log4j2.xml')
+
+    capsuleManifest {
+        appClassPath = ["jolokia-agent-war-${project.rootProject.ext.jolokia_version}.war"]
+        javaAgents = ["quasar-core-${quasar_version}-jdk8.jar"]
+        minJavaVersion = '1.8.0'
+        caplets = ['CordaCaplet']
+    }
+}
+
+task buildCertSigningRequestUtilityJAR(type: FatCapsule, dependsOn: project.jar) {
+    applicationClass 'net.corda.node.utilities.certsigning.CertificateSignerKt'
+    archiveName 'certSigningRequestUtility.jar'
+    capsuleManifest {
+        systemProperties['log4j.configuration'] = 'log4j2.xml'
+        minJavaVersion = '1.8.0'
+    }
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    runtimeArtifacts buildCordaJAR
+}
+
+bintray {
+    user = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_USER')
+    key = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_KEY')
+    publications = ['corda']
+    dryRun = false
+    pkg {
+        repo = 'corda'
+        name = 'corda'
+        userOrg = 'r3'
+        licenses = ['Apache-2.0']
+
+        version {
+            gpg {
+                sign = true
+                passphrase = System.getenv('CORDA_BINTRAY_GPG_PASSPHRASE')
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        corda(MavenPublication) {
+            artifactId 'corda'
+
+            artifact buildCordaJAR {
+                classifier ""
+            }
+
+            pom.withXml {
+                asNode().children().last() + {
+                    resolveStrategy = Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST
+                    name 'corda'
+                    description 'Corda standalone node'
+                    url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                    scm {
+                        url 'https://github.com/corda/corda'
+                    }
+
+                    licenses {
+                        license {
+                            name 'Apache-2.0'
+                            url 'https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0'
+                            distribution 'repo'
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    developers {
+                        developer {
+                            id 'R3'
+                            name 'R3'
+                            email 'dev@corda.net'
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle b/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
index a0f09c3d9e..89991bc556 100644
--- a/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/attachment-demo/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle b/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
index 27d3cd3ede..0400939e62 100644
--- a/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/irs-demo/build.gradle
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/samples/network-visualiser/build.gradle b/samples/network-visualiser/build.gradle
index fcfbfbde06..5a0169a4ec 100644
--- a/samples/network-visualiser/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/network-visualiser/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/samples/raft-notary-demo/build.gradle b/samples/raft-notary-demo/build.gradle
index 9493636407..c0ed340679 100644
--- a/samples/raft-notary-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/raft-notary-demo/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle b/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
index 23c54c3359..d444858e82 100644
--- a/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/simm-valuation-demo/build.gradle
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle b/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
index c1be618df3..403f5b879b 100644
--- a/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
+++ b/samples/trader-demo/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.11'
 
     // Corda integration dependencies
-    runtime project(path: ":node", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
+    runtime project(path: ":node:capsule", configuration: 'runtimeArtifacts')
     compile project(':core')
     compile project(':client')
     compile project(':node')
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 89b4247424..b63878100e 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ include 'finance'
 include 'finance:isolated'
 include 'core'
 include 'node'
+include 'node:capsule'
 include 'client'
 include 'experimental'
 include 'experimental:sandbox'