diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fc5ffb359..3b6440ba0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "maven-publish"
 }
 
+base.archivesName = project.archives_base_name
 version = project.mod_version
 group = project.maven_group
 
@@ -34,10 +35,6 @@ dependencies {
 	// modImplementation(legacy.apiModule("legacy-fabric-item-groups-v1", project.fabric_version))
 }
 
-base {
-	archivesName = project.archives_base_name
-}
-
 processResources {
 	inputs.property "version", project.version
 
@@ -46,18 +43,21 @@ processResources {
 	}
 }
 
-// Ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
-// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
-// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
 tasks.withType(JavaCompile).configureEach {
+	// Ensure that the encoding is set to UTF-8, no matter what the system default is
+	// this fixes some edge cases with special characters not displaying correctly
+	// see http://yodaconditions.net/blog/fix-for-java-file-encoding-problems-with-gradle.html
 	it.options.encoding = "UTF-8"
-	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) it.options.release = 8
 
-	sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
-	targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+	if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
+		it.options.release = 8
+	}
 }
 
 java {
+	sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+	targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+
 	// Loom will automatically attach sourcesJar to a RemapSourcesJar task and to the "build" task
 	// if it is present.
 	// If you remove this line, sources will not be generated.