diff --git a/adopt-github-release/gradlew b/adopt-github-release/gradlew
index 48da2d1..dfc923b 100755
--- a/adopt-github-release/gradlew
+++ b/adopt-github-release/gradlew
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
 
 # Specify the required gradle daemon JVM heap settings
 GRADLE_OPTS="-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1g ${GRADLE_OPTS}"
+export GRADLE_OPTS
+echo "GRADLE_OPTS=${GRADLE_OPTS}"
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
 eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"