diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 16563f2..157716e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 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.description
+import Build_gradle.Extras.id
+import Build_gradle.Extras.name
+import Build_gradle.Extras.url
+import Build_gradle.Extras.vendor
+import Build_gradle.Extras.vendorUrl
+import Build_gradle.Extras.version
+
 /*
  * Copyright 2023 dorkbox, llc
  *
@@ -21,10 +45,9 @@
 ///////////////////////////////
 
 gradle.startParameter.showStacktrace = ShowStacktrace.ALWAYS   // always show the stacktrace!
-gradle.startParameter.warningMode = WarningMode.All
 
 plugins {
-    id("com.dorkbox.GradleUtils") version "3.17"
+    id("com.dorkbox.GradleUtils") version "3.18"
     id("com.dorkbox.Licensing") version "2.22"
     id("com.dorkbox.VersionUpdate") version "2.8"
     id("com.dorkbox.GradlePublish") version "1.20"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb4e50d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# 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