diff --git a/cruisecontrol/plugin.jelly b/cruisecontrol/plugin.jelly
index 6b4149e9..8e74865e 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/plugin.jelly
+++ b/cruisecontrol/plugin.jelly
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@
   <!-- Run Cruise Control                                               -->
   <!--==================================================================-->    
   <goal name="cruisecontrol:run"
-    description="Run Cruise Control">
-    <!-- TODO -->
+    description="Run Cruise Control"
+    prereqs="cruisecontrol:validate">
+    <ant:java jar="${maven.cruisecontrol.home}/main/dist/cruisecontrol.jar" fork="true">
+      <arg line="-projectname ${pom.artifactId}"/>
+      <arg line="-configfile ${maven.cruisecontrol.config}"/>
+    </ant:java>
   </goal>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/cruisecontrol/project.xml b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
index 17284c1c..4670707b 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/project.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/project.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <extend>../plugin-parent/project.xml</extend>
   <id>maven-cruisecontrol-plugin</id>
   <name>Maven Cruise Control Plugin</name>
-  <currentVersion>1.3-dev</currentVersion>
+  <currentVersion>1.3-SNAPSHOT</currentVersion>
   <description>A plugin to handle the generating and maintaining of Cruise Control configuration. Requires Maven 1.0 RC2.</description>
   <shortDescription>Cruise Control Plugin for Maven</shortDescription>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org/reference/plugins/cruisecontrol/</url>
diff --git a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
index 6afd151b..05a9a73f 100644
--- a/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/cruisecontrol/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
     <author email="brett@apache.org">Brett Porter</author>
   </properties>
   <body>
-    <release version="1.3-dev" date="in cvs">
+    <release version="1.3-SNAPSHOT" date="in cvs">
+      <action dev="brett" type="add" issue="MPCRUISECONTROL-3" due-to="Carsten Ziegeler">implementation of run goal</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="add">Allow SVN repositories to by used by cruisecontrol.</action>    
       <action dev="epugh" type="fix">allow the maven.cruisecontrol.home property to be overrided by other plugins via preGoal calls.</action>
       <action dev="epugh" type="add">allow user to specify different cc template to use</action>