diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 40d3825..99f175f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '0.8.11'
+
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.jakewharton.sdkmanager:gradle-plugin:0.12.+'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
     }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'android-sdk-manager'
 apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
+apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 
 android {
     compileSdkVersion 20
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:20.+'
     compile 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:+'
     compile 'com.google.code.gson:gson:+'
+    compile "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:$kotlin_version"
 
     androidTestCompile 'com.jayway.awaitility:awaitility:+'
     androidTestCompile 'org.mockito:mockito-core:+'
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 109e2de..0000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-package org.bspeice.minimalbible.service.format.osisparser;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-
-import org.crosswire.jsword.passage.Verse;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Created by bspeice on 9/9/14.
- */
-public class VerseContent {
-    private int id;
-    private String bookName = "";
-    private int chapter;
-    private int verseNum;
-    private String content = "";
-    private String chapterTitle = "";
-    private String paraTitle = "";
-    private List<VerseReference> references = new ArrayList<VerseReference>();
-
-    public VerseContent() {
-    }
-
-    public VerseContent(Verse v) {
-        this.id = v.getOrdinal();
-        this.bookName = v.getBook().toString();
-        this.chapter = v.getChapter();
-        this.verseNum = v.getVerse();
-    }
-
-    public int getId() {
-        return id;
-    }
-
-    public void setId(int id) {
-        this.id = id;
-    }
-
-    public String getContent() {
-        return content;
-    }
-
-    public void setContent(String content) {
-        this.content = content;
-    }
-
-    public String getChapterTitle() {
-        return chapterTitle;
-    }
-
-    public void setChapterTitle(String chapterTitle) {
-        this.chapterTitle = chapterTitle;
-    }
-
-    public String getParaTitle() {
-        return paraTitle;
-    }
-
-    public void setParaTitle(String paraTitle) {
-        this.paraTitle = paraTitle;
-    }
-
-    public List<VerseReference> getReferences() {
-        return references;
-    }
-
-    public void setReferences(List<VerseReference> references) {
-        this.references = references;
-    }
-
-    public void appendContent(String content) {
-        this.content += content;
-    }
-
-    public void appendReference(VerseReference reference) {
-        this.references.add(reference);
-    }
-
-    public String getBookName() {
-        return bookName;
-    }
-
-    public void setBookName(String bookName) {
-        this.bookName = bookName;
-    }
-
-    public int getChapter() {
-        return chapter;
-    }
-
-    public void setChapter(int chapter) {
-        this.chapter = chapter;
-    }
-
-    public int getVerseNum() {
-        return verseNum;
-    }
-
-    public void setVerseNum(int verseNum) {
-        this.verseNum = verseNum;
-    }
-
-    public String toJson() {
-        // Lazy load Gson - not likely that we'll call this method multiple times, so
-        // don't have to worry about a penalty there.
-        return new Gson().toJson(this);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.java b/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d74451..0000000
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package org.bspeice.minimalbible.service.format.osisparser;
-
-import org.crosswire.jsword.passage.Verse;
-
-/**
- * Created by bspeice on 9/9/14.
- */
-public class VerseReference {
-    private Verse verse;
-    private int index;
-
-    public Verse getVerse() {
-        return verse;
-    }
-
-    public void setVerse(Verse verse) {
-        this.verse = verse;
-    }
-
-    public int getIndex() {
-        return index;
-    }
-
-    public void setIndex(int index) {
-        this.index = index;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb2fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseContent.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Created by bspeice on 9/9/14.
+ */
+package org.bspeice.minimalbible.service.format.osisparser
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import org.crosswire.jsword.passage.Verse
+import java.util.ArrayList
+
+class VerseContent(v: Verse?) {
+    var id = v?.getOrdinal() ?: 0
+    var bookName = v?.getName() ?: ""
+    var chapter = v?.getChapter() ?: 0
+    var verseNum = v?.getVerse() ?: 0
+    var content = ""
+    var chapterTitle = ""
+    var paraTitle = ""
+    var references: MutableList<VerseReference> = ArrayList()
+
+    public fun toJson(): String {
+        // Lazy load Gson - not likely that we'll call this method multiple times, so
+        // don't have to worry about a penalty there.
+        return Gson().toJson(this) as String
+    }
+
+    public fun appendContent(content: String) {
+        this.content += content
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9250f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/org/bspeice/minimalbible/service/format/osisparser/VerseReference.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package org.bspeice.minimalbible.service.format.osisparser
+
+import org.crosswire.jsword.passage.Verse
+
+/**
+ * Created by bspeice on 9/9/14.
+ */
+
+class VerseReference(verse: Verse, index: Int) {
+    val verse: Verse = verse
+    val index: Int = index
+}