diff --git a/core-java-perf/README.md b/core-java-perf/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd76388310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-perf/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Core Java Performance 
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
diff --git a/core-java-perf/pom.xml b/core-java-perf/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..062f76db77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-perf/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+    <artifactId>core-java-perf</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <name>core-java-perf</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-java</artifactId>
+        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../parent-java</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>${commons-lang3.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+       
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+
+        <!-- util -->
+        <commons-lang3.version>3.8.1</commons-lang3.version>
+      
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/gc/VerboseGarbageCollectorRunner.java b/core-java-perf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/gc/VerboseGarbageCollectorRunner.java
similarity index 100%
rename from core-java/src/main/java/com/baeldung/gc/VerboseGarbageCollectorRunner.java
rename to core-java-perf/src/main/java/com/baeldung/gc/VerboseGarbageCollectorRunner.java
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51c94458fb..a4588bf546 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -384,7 +384,8 @@
                 <module>core-java-lang-syntax</module>
                 <module>core-java-lang</module>
                 <module>core-java-lang-oop</module>
-				<module>core-java-networking</module>
+                <module>core-java-networking</module>
+                <module>core-java-perf</module>
                 <module>core-java-sun</module>
                 <module>core-scala</module>
                 <module>couchbase</module>
@@ -1094,6 +1095,7 @@
                 <module>core-java-lang</module>
                 <module>core-java-lang-oop</module>
                 <module>core-java-networking</module>
+                <module>core-java-perf</module>
                 <module>core-java-sun</module>
                 <module>core-scala</module>
                 <module>couchbase</module>