diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 319db429..eab5d5d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,392 +1,395 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2018 dorkbox, llc
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import Build_gradle.Extras.bcVersion
-import java.time.Instant
-import kotlin.collections.set
-
-///////////////////////////////
-//////    PUBLISH TO SONATYPE / MAVEN CENTRAL
-//////
-////// TESTING (local maven repo) -> PUBLISHING -> publishToMavenLocal
-//////
-////// RELEASE (sonatype / maven central) -> "PUBLISH AND RELEASE" -> publishAndRelease
-///////////////////////////////
-
-println("\tGradle ${project.gradle.gradleVersion} on Java ${JavaVersion.current()}")
-
-plugins {
-    java
-    signing
-    `maven-publish`
-
-    // publish on sonatype
-    id("de.marcphilipp.nexus-publish") version "0.4.0"
-    // close and release on sonatype
-    id("io.codearte.nexus-staging") version "0.21.2"
-
-    id("com.dorkbox.CrossCompile") version "1.1"
-    id("com.dorkbox.Licensing") version "1.4.2"
-    id("com.dorkbox.VersionUpdate") version "1.6.1"
-    id("com.dorkbox.GradleUtils") version "1.4"
-
-    kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.72"
-}
-
-object Extras {
-    // set for the project
-    const val description = "Encrypted, high-performance, and event-driven/reactive network stack for Java 11+"
-    const val group = "com.dorkbox"
-    const val version = "4.1"
-
-    // set as project.ext
-    const val name = "Network"
-    const val id = "Network"
-    const val vendor = "Dorkbox LLC"
-    const val url = "https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/Network"
-    val buildDate = Instant.now().toString()
-
-    val JAVA_VERSION = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
-
-    const val bcVersion = "1.60"
-
-    var sonatypeUserName = ""
-    var sonatypePassword = ""
-}
-
-///////////////////////////////
-/////  assign 'Extras'
-///////////////////////////////
-GradleUtils.load("$projectDir/../../gradle.properties", Extras)
-description = Extras.description
-group = Extras.group
-version = Extras.version
-
-
-licensing {
-    license(License.APACHE_2) {
-        author(Extras.vendor)
-        url(Extras.url)
-        note(Extras.description)
-    }
-
-    license("Dorkbox Utils", License.APACHE_2) {
-        author(Extras.vendor)
-        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/Utilities")
-    }
-
-    license("Bennidi Iterator", License.MIT) {
-        copyright(2012)
-        author("Benjamin Diedrichsen")
-        url("https://github.com/bennidi/mbassador")
-        note("Fast iterators from the MBassador project")
-    }
-
-    license("BouncyCastle", License.MIT) {
-        copyright(2009)
-        author("The Legion Of The Bouncy Castle")
-        url("http://www.bouncycastle.org")
-    }
-
-    license("ObjectPool", License.APACHE_2) {
-        author("dorkbox, llc")
-        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/ObjectPool")
-    }
-
-    license("FastThreadLocal", License.BSD_3) {
-        copyright(2014)
-        author("Lightweight Java Game Library Project")
-        author("Riven")
-        url("https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/blob/5819c9123222f6ce51f208e022cb907091dd8023/modules/core/src/main/java/org/lwjgl/system/FastThreadLocal.java")
-    }
-
-    license("Javassist", License.BSD_3) {
-        copyright(1999)
-        author("Shigeru Chiba")
-        author("Bill Burke")
-        author("Jason T. Greene")
-        url("http://www.csg.is.titech.ac.jp/~chiba/java")
-        note("Licensed under the MPL/LGPL/Apache triple license")
-    }
-
-    license("Kryo", License.BSD_3) {
-        copyright(2008)
-        author("Nathan Sweet")
-        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo")
-    }
-
-    license("kryo-serializers", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2010)
-        author("Martin Grotzke")
-        author("Rafael Winterhalter")
-        url("https://github.com/magro/kryo-serializers")
-    }
-
-    license("KryoNet RMI", License.BSD_3) {
-        copyright(2008)
-        author("Nathan Sweet")
-        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryonet")
-    }
-
-    license("LAN HostDiscovery from Apache Commons JCS", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2014)
-        author("The Apache Software Foundation")
-        url("https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCS-40")
-    }
-
-    license("LZ4 and XXhash", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2011)
-        copyright(2012)
-        author("Yann Collet")
-        author("Adrien Grand")
-        url("https://github.com/jpountz/lz4-java")
-    }
-
-    license("MathUtils, IntArray, IntMap", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2013)
-        author("Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>")
-        author("Nathan Sweet <nathan.sweet@gmail.com>")
-        url("http://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/")
-    }
-
-    license("MinLog-SLF4J", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2008)
-        author("dorkbox, llc")
-        author("Nathan Sweet")
-        author("Dan Brown")
-        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/MinLog-SLF4J")
-        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/minlog")
-        note("Drop-in replacement for MinLog to log through SLF4j.")
-    }
-
-    license("ReflectASM", License.BSD_3) {
-        copyright(2008)
-        author("Nathan Sweet")
-        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/reflectasm")
-    }
-
-    license("SLF4J", License.MIT) {
-        copyright(2008)
-        author("QOS.ch")
-        url("http://www.slf4j.org")
-    }
-
-    license("TypeTools", License.APACHE_2) {
-        copyright(2017)
-        author("Jonathan Halterman")
-        url("https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools/")
-        note("Tools for resolving generic types")
-    }
-}
-
-sourceSets {
-    main {
-        java {
-            setSrcDirs(listOf("src"))
-
-            // want to include java files for the source. 'setSrcDirs' resets includes...
-            include("**/*.java")
-        }
-    }
-
-    test {
-        java {
-            setSrcDirs(listOf("test"))
-
-            // want to include java files for the source. 'setSrcDirs' resets includes...
-            include("**/*.java")
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-repositories {
-    mavenLocal() // this must be first!
-    jcenter()
-}
-
-///////////////////////////////
-//////    Task defaults
-///////////////////////////////
-java {
-    sourceCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION
-    targetCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION
-}
-
-tasks.compileJava.get().apply {
-    println("\tCompiling classes to Java $sourceCompatibility")
-}
-
-tasks.withType<JavaCompile> {
-    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-    sourceCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION.toString()
-    targetCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION.toString()
-}
-
-tasks.withType<Jar> {
-    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.FAIL
-}
-
-tasks.jar.get().apply {
-    manifest {
-        // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/packageman.html
-        attributes["Name"] = Extras.name
-
-        attributes["Specification-Title"] = Extras.name
-        attributes["Specification-Version"] = Extras.version
-        attributes["Specification-Vendor"] = Extras.vendor
-
-        attributes["Implementation-Title"] = "${Extras.group}.${Extras.id}"
-        attributes["Implementation-Version"] = Extras.buildDate
-        attributes["Implementation-Vendor"] = Extras.vendor
-
-        attributes["Automatic-Module-Name"] = Extras.id
-    }
-}
-
-dependencies {
-    implementation("io.netty:netty-all:4.1.49.Final")
-    implementation("com.esotericsoftware:kryo:5.0.0-RC2")
-    implementation("net.jpountz.lz4:lz4:1.3.0")
-
-    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
-    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
-    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
-    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
-
-    implementation("net.jodah:typetools:0.6.2")
-    implementation("de.javakaffee:kryo-serializers:0.45")
-
-    implementation("com.dorkbox:ObjectPool:2.12")
-    implementation("com.dorkbox:Utilities:1.2")
-
-    implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30")
-
-    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13")
-    testImplementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3")
-}
-
-///////////////////////////////
-//////    PUBLISH TO SONATYPE / MAVEN CENTRAL
-//////
-////// TESTING (local maven repo) -> PUBLISHING -> publishToMavenLocal
-//////
-////// RELEASE (sonatype / maven central) -> "PUBLISH AND RELEASE" -> publishAndRelease
-///////////////////////////////
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
-            groupId = Extras.group
-            artifactId = Extras.id
-            version = Extras.version
-
-            from(components["java"])
-
-            artifact(task<Jar>("sourceJar") {
-                description = "Creates a JAR that contains the source code."
-
-                from(sourceSets["main"].java)
-                archiveClassifier.set("sources")
-            })
-
-            artifact(task<Jar>("javaDocJar") {
-                description = "Creates a JAR that contains the javadocs."
-
-                archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
-            })
-
-            pom {
-                name.set(Extras.name)
-                description.set(Extras.description)
-                url.set(Extras.url)
-
-                issueManagement {
-                    url.set("${Extras.url}/issues")
-                    system.set("Gitea Issues")
-                }
-                organization {
-                    name.set(Extras.vendor)
-                    url.set("https://dorkbox.com")
-                }
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id.set("dorkbox")
-                        name.set(Extras.vendor)
-                        email.set("email@dorkbox.com")
-                    }
-                }
-                scm {
-                    url.set(Extras.url)
-                    connection.set("scm:${Extras.url}.git")
-                }
-            }
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    tasks.withType<PublishToMavenRepository> {
-        doFirst {
-            println("\tPublishing '${publication.groupId}:${publication.artifactId}:${publication.version}' to ${repository.url}")
-        }
-
-        onlyIf {
-            publication == publishing.publications["maven"] && repository == publishing.repositories["maven"]
-        }
-    }
-
-    tasks.withType<PublishToMavenLocal> {
-        onlyIf {
-            publication == publishing.publications["maven"]
-        }
-    }
-
-    // output the release URL in the console
-    tasks["releaseRepository"].doLast {
-        val url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/"
-        val projectName = Extras.group.replace('.', '/')
-        val name = Extras.name
-        val version = Extras.version
-
-        println("Maven URL: $url$projectName/$name/$version/")
-    }
-
-    nexusStaging {
-        username = Extras.sonatypeUserName
-        password = Extras.sonatypePassword
-    }
-
-    nexusPublishing {
-        packageGroup.set(Extras.group)
-
-        repositories {
-            sonatype() {
-                username.set(Extras.sonatypeUserName)
-                password.set(Extras.sonatypePassword)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    signing {
-        sign(publishing.publications["maven"])
-    }
-
-    task<Task>("publishAndRelease") {
-        group = "publish and release"
-
-        // required to make sure the tasks run in the correct order
-        tasks["closeAndReleaseRepository"].mustRunAfter(tasks["publishToSonatype"])
-        dependsOn("publishToNexus", "closeAndReleaseRepository")
-    }
-}
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 dorkbox, llc
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import Build_gradle.Extras.bcVersion
+import java.time.Instant
+import kotlin.collections.set
+
+///////////////////////////////
+//////    PUBLISH TO SONATYPE / MAVEN CENTRAL
+//////
+////// TESTING (local maven repo) -> PUBLISHING -> publishToMavenLocal
+//////
+////// RELEASE (sonatype / maven central) -> "PUBLISH AND RELEASE" -> publishAndRelease
+///////////////////////////////
+
+println("\tGradle ${project.gradle.gradleVersion} on Java ${JavaVersion.current()}")
+
+plugins {
+    java
+    signing
+    `maven-publish`
+
+    // publish on sonatype
+    id("de.marcphilipp.nexus-publish") version "0.4.0"
+    // close and release on sonatype
+    id("io.codearte.nexus-staging") version "0.21.2"
+
+    id("com.dorkbox.CrossCompile") version "1.1"
+    id("com.dorkbox.Licensing") version "1.4.2"
+    id("com.dorkbox.VersionUpdate") version "1.6.1"
+    id("com.dorkbox.GradleUtils") version "1.4"
+
+    kotlin("jvm") version "1.3.72"
+}
+
+object Extras {
+    // set for the project
+    const val description = "Encrypted, high-performance, and event-driven/reactive network stack for Java 11+"
+    const val group = "com.dorkbox"
+    const val version = "4.1"
+
+    // set as project.ext
+    const val name = "Network"
+    const val id = "Network"
+    const val vendor = "Dorkbox LLC"
+    const val url = "https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/Network"
+    val buildDate = Instant.now().toString()
+
+    val JAVA_VERSION = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
+
+    const val bcVersion = "1.60"
+
+    var sonatypeUserName = ""
+    var sonatypePassword = ""
+    var sonatypePrivateKeyFile = ""
+    var sonatypePrivateKeyPassword = ""
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////
+/////  assign 'Extras'
+///////////////////////////////
+GradleUtils.load("$projectDir/../../gradle.properties", Extras)
+description = Extras.description
+group = Extras.group
+version = Extras.version
+
+
+licensing {
+    license(License.APACHE_2) {
+        author(Extras.vendor)
+        url(Extras.url)
+        note(Extras.description)
+    }
+
+    license("Dorkbox Utils", License.APACHE_2) {
+        author(Extras.vendor)
+        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/Utilities")
+    }
+
+    license("Bennidi Iterator", License.MIT) {
+        copyright(2012)
+        author("Benjamin Diedrichsen")
+        url("https://github.com/bennidi/mbassador")
+        note("Fast iterators from the MBassador project")
+    }
+
+    license("BouncyCastle", License.MIT) {
+        copyright(2009)
+        author("The Legion Of The Bouncy Castle")
+        url("http://www.bouncycastle.org")
+    }
+
+    license("ObjectPool", License.APACHE_2) {
+        author("dorkbox, llc")
+        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/ObjectPool")
+    }
+
+    license("FastThreadLocal", License.BSD_3) {
+        copyright(2014)
+        author("Lightweight Java Game Library Project")
+        author("Riven")
+        url("https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3/blob/5819c9123222f6ce51f208e022cb907091dd8023/modules/core/src/main/java/org/lwjgl/system/FastThreadLocal.java")
+    }
+
+    license("Javassist", License.BSD_3) {
+        copyright(1999)
+        author("Shigeru Chiba")
+        author("Bill Burke")
+        author("Jason T. Greene")
+        url("http://www.csg.is.titech.ac.jp/~chiba/java")
+        note("Licensed under the MPL/LGPL/Apache triple license")
+    }
+
+    license("Kryo", License.BSD_3) {
+        copyright(2008)
+        author("Nathan Sweet")
+        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryo")
+    }
+
+    license("kryo-serializers", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2010)
+        author("Martin Grotzke")
+        author("Rafael Winterhalter")
+        url("https://github.com/magro/kryo-serializers")
+    }
+
+    license("KryoNet RMI", License.BSD_3) {
+        copyright(2008)
+        author("Nathan Sweet")
+        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/kryonet")
+    }
+
+    license("LAN HostDiscovery from Apache Commons JCS", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2014)
+        author("The Apache Software Foundation")
+        url("https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCS-40")
+    }
+
+    license("LZ4 and XXhash", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2011)
+        copyright(2012)
+        author("Yann Collet")
+        author("Adrien Grand")
+        url("https://github.com/jpountz/lz4-java")
+    }
+
+    license("MathUtils, IntArray, IntMap", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2013)
+        author("Mario Zechner <badlogicgames@gmail.com>")
+        author("Nathan Sweet <nathan.sweet@gmail.com>")
+        url("http://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/")
+    }
+
+    license("MinLog-SLF4J", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2008)
+        author("dorkbox, llc")
+        author("Nathan Sweet")
+        author("Dan Brown")
+        url("https://git.dorkbox.com/dorkbox/MinLog-SLF4J")
+        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/minlog")
+        note("Drop-in replacement for MinLog to log through SLF4j.")
+    }
+
+    license("ReflectASM", License.BSD_3) {
+        copyright(2008)
+        author("Nathan Sweet")
+        url("https://github.com/EsotericSoftware/reflectasm")
+    }
+
+    license("SLF4J", License.MIT) {
+        copyright(2008)
+        author("QOS.ch")
+        url("http://www.slf4j.org")
+    }
+
+    license("TypeTools", License.APACHE_2) {
+        copyright(2017)
+        author("Jonathan Halterman")
+        url("https://github.com/jhalterman/typetools/")
+        note("Tools for resolving generic types")
+    }
+}
+
+sourceSets {
+    main {
+        java {
+            setSrcDirs(listOf("src"))
+
+            // want to include java files for the source. 'setSrcDirs' resets includes...
+            include("**/*.java")
+        }
+    }
+
+    test {
+        java {
+            setSrcDirs(listOf("test"))
+
+            // want to include java files for the source. 'setSrcDirs' resets includes...
+            include("**/*.java")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+repositories {
+    mavenLocal() // this must be first!
+    jcenter()
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////
+//////    Task defaults
+///////////////////////////////
+java {
+    sourceCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION
+    targetCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION
+}
+
+tasks.compileJava.get().apply {
+    println("\tCompiling classes to Java $sourceCompatibility")
+}
+
+tasks.withType<JavaCompile> {
+    options.encoding = "UTF-8"
+    sourceCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION.toString()
+    targetCompatibility = Extras.JAVA_VERSION.toString()
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Jar> {
+    duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.FAIL
+}
+
+tasks.jar.get().apply {
+    manifest {
+        // https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/packageman.html
+        attributes["Name"] = Extras.name
+
+        attributes["Specification-Title"] = Extras.name
+        attributes["Specification-Version"] = Extras.version
+        attributes["Specification-Vendor"] = Extras.vendor
+
+        attributes["Implementation-Title"] = "${Extras.group}.${Extras.id}"
+        attributes["Implementation-Version"] = Extras.buildDate
+        attributes["Implementation-Vendor"] = Extras.vendor
+
+        attributes["Automatic-Module-Name"] = Extras.id
+    }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+    implementation("io.netty:netty-all:4.1.49.Final")
+    implementation("com.esotericsoftware:kryo:5.0.0-RC2")
+    implementation("net.jpountz.lz4:lz4:1.3.0")
+
+    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
+    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcpg-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
+    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bcmail-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
+    implementation("org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15on:$bcVersion")
+
+    implementation("net.jodah:typetools:0.6.2")
+    implementation("de.javakaffee:kryo-serializers:0.45")
+
+    implementation("com.dorkbox:ObjectPool:2.12")
+    implementation("com.dorkbox:Utilities:1.2")
+
+    implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30")
+
+    testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13")
+    testImplementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.3")
+}
+
+///////////////////////////////
+//////    PUBLISH TO SONATYPE / MAVEN CENTRAL
+//////
+////// TESTING (local maven repo) -> "PUBLISHING" -> publishToMavenLocal
+//////
+////// RELEASE (sonatype / maven central) -> "PUBLISHING" -> publishToSonaytypeAndRelease
+///////////////////////////////
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+            groupId = Extras.group
+            artifactId = Extras.id
+            version = Extras.version
+
+            from(components["java"])
+
+            artifact(task<Jar>("sourceJar") {
+                description = "Creates a JAR that contains the source code."
+
+                from(sourceSets["main"].java)
+                archiveClassifier.set("sources")
+            })
+
+            artifact(task<Jar>("javaDocJar") {
+                description = "Creates a JAR that contains the javadocs."
+
+                archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
+            })
+
+            pom {
+                name.set(Extras.name)
+                description.set(Extras.description)
+                url.set(Extras.url)
+
+                issueManagement {
+                    url.set("${Extras.url}/issues")
+                    system.set("Gitea Issues")
+                }
+                organization {
+                    name.set(Extras.vendor)
+                    url.set("https://dorkbox.com")
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id.set("dorkbox")
+                        name.set(Extras.vendor)
+                        email.set("email@dorkbox.com")
+                    }
+                }
+                scm {
+                    url.set(Extras.url)
+                    connection.set("scm:${Extras.url}.git")
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    tasks.withType<PublishToMavenRepository> {
+        doFirst {
+            println("\tPublishing '${publication.groupId}:${publication.artifactId}:${publication.version}' to ${repository.url}")
+        }
+
+        onlyIf {
+            publication == publishing.publications["maven"] && repository == publishing.repositories["sonatype"]
+        }
+    }
+
+    tasks.withType<PublishToMavenLocal> {
+        onlyIf {
+            publication == publishing.publications["maven"]
+        }
+    }
+
+    // output the release URL in the console
+    tasks["releaseRepository"].doLast {
+        val url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/"
+        val projectName = Extras.group.replace('.', '/')
+        val name = Extras.name
+        val version = Extras.version
+
+        println("Maven URL: $url$projectName/$name/$version/")
+    }
+
+    nexusStaging {
+        username = Extras.sonatypeUserName
+        password = Extras.sonatypePassword
+    }
+
+    nexusPublishing {
+        packageGroup.set(Extras.group)
+
+        repositories {
+            sonatype() {
+                username.set(Extras.sonatypeUserName)
+                password.set(Extras.sonatypePassword)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    signing {
+        useInMemoryPgpKeys(File(Extras.sonatypePrivateKeyFile).readText(), Extras.sonatypePrivateKeyPassword)
+        sign(publishing.publications["maven"])
+    }
+
+    task<Task>("publishToSonatypeAndRelease") {
+        group = "publishing"
+
+        // required to make sure the tasks run in the correct order
+        tasks["closeAndReleaseRepository"].mustRunAfter(tasks["publishToSonatype"])
+        dependsOn("publishToSonatype", "closeAndReleaseRepository")
+    }
+}