diff --git a/adopt-github-release/gradlew b/adopt-github-release/gradlew
index b0efd37..9580c3f 100755
--- a/adopt-github-release/gradlew
+++ b/adopt-github-release/gradlew
@@ -185,4 +185,5 @@ if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
   cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 fi
 
+echo "$JAVACMD" "$@"
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/sbin/Release.sh b/sbin/Release.sh
index 633c815..1ba8c80 100755
--- a/sbin/Release.sh
+++ b/sbin/Release.sh
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$DRY_RUN" == "false" ]; then
     cd adopt-github-release || exit 1
     chmod +x gradlew
-    GRADLE_USER_HOME=./gradle-cache ./gradlew --no-daemon run --args="--version \"${VERSION}\" --tag \"${TAG}\" --description \"${description}\" ${server} ${org} $RELEASE_OPTION $files"
+    GRADLE_USER_HOME=./gradle-cache ./gradlew run --args="--version \"${VERSION}\" --tag \"${TAG}\" --description \"${description}\" ${server} ${org} $RELEASE_OPTION $files"
     # Run releaseCheck.sh to check that the correct number of artifacts are live
     if [ -z "$TIMESTAMP" -a "$UPLOAD_TESTRESULTS_ONLY" = "false" ]; then
       echo "*** PERFORMING RELEASE CHECK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS ***"