diff --git a/examples/nbody/build.xml b/examples/nbody/build.xml
index 5e2d13236c97dd9fcb6b1aa7c78c648dcc44ad2a..8f8e7b83498ef8ab6304d371258709e811d0c75f 100644
--- a/examples/nbody/build.xml
+++ b/examples/nbody/build.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
       <classpath refid="compiler.class.path"/>
     </javac>
     <copy todir="classes/com/amd/aparapi/examples/nbody" file="src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/nbody/particle.jpg"/>
+    <copy todir="classes/com/amd/aparapi/examples/nbody" file="src/com/amd/aparapi/examples/nbody/star.bmp"/>
     <jar jarfile="${ant.project.name}.jar" basedir="classes"/>
   </target>
 
diff --git a/examples/nbody/local.sh b/examples/nbody/local.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc8b1e6103b24baf83e0a2fd9910f42de50e9dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nbody/local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+java \
+  -Djava.library.path=../../com.amd.aparapi.jni/dist:../third-party/jogamp \
+  -Dcom.amd.aparapi.executionMode=$1 \
+  -Dbodies=$2 \
+  -Dheight=600 \
+  -Dwidth=600 \
+  -classpath ../third-party/jogamp/jogl-all.jar:../third-party/jogamp/gluegen-rt.jar:../../com.amd.aparapi/dist/aparapi.jar:nbody.jar \
+  com.amd.aparapi.examples.nbody.Local
+
diff --git a/examples/nbody/stars.sh b/examples/nbody/stars.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a3c8b4672a54b37c4587411f27e17f59486b1e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nbody/stars.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+java \
+  -Djava.library.path=../../com.amd.aparapi.jni/dist:../third-party/jogamp \
+  -Dcom.amd.aparapi.executionMode=$1 \
+  -Dbodies=$2 \
+  -Dheight=600 \
+  -Dwidth=600 \
+  -classpath ../third-party/jogamp/jogl-all.jar:../third-party/jogamp/gluegen-rt.jar:../../com.amd.aparapi/dist/aparapi.jar:nbody.jar \
+  com.amd.aparapi.examples.nbody.Stars
+