diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 0479901..0c686a7 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import java.time.Instant
 ////// RELEASE : (to sonatype/maven central), <'publish and release' - 'publishToSonatypeAndRelease'>
 ///////////////////////////////
 
+gradle.startParameter.showStacktrace = ShowStacktrace.ALWAYS   // always show the stacktrace!
+
+
 plugins {
     id("com.dorkbox.GradleUtils") version "2.8"
     id("com.dorkbox.Licensing") version "2.7"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44dcb84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/build_environment.html#sec:gradle_configuration_properties
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+
+#org.gradle.warning.mode=(all,fail,none,summary)
+org.gradle.warning.mode=all
+
+#org.gradle.daemon=false
+# default is 3 hours, this is 1 minute
+org.gradle.daemon.idletimeout=60000
+
+#org.gradle.console=(auto,plain,rich,verbose)
+org.gradle.console=auto
+
+#org.gradle.logging.level=(quiet,warn,lifecycle,info,debug)
+org.gradle.logging.level=lifecycle