diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/GenerateMeta.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/GenerateMeta.groovy
index d6a7e39..e817a2f 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/GenerateMeta.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/GenerateMeta.groovy
@@ -35,15 +35,19 @@ import java.util.function.Supplier
 class GenerateMeta extends DefaultTask {
 
     Supplier<List<PluginMetadata>> provider = {[]}
-    Path target = temporaryDir.toPath().resolve(McModInfo.STANDARD_FILENAME)
+    Path target
 
     List<PluginMetadata> getMetadata() {
         return this.provider.get()
     }
 
+    Path getTarget() {
+        return this.target ?: temporaryDir.toPath().resolve(McModInfo.STANDARD_FILENAME)
+    }
+
     @TaskAction
     void generateMetadata() {
-        McModInfo.DEFAULT.write(target, metadata)
+        McModInfo.DEFAULT.write(getTarget(), metadata)
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataBasePlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataBasePlugin.groovy
index 9a67bcb..2ec8626 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataBasePlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataBasePlugin.groovy
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 package org.spongepowered.gradle.meta
 
-import static org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataBaseExtension.getEXTENSION_NAME
+import static org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataBaseExtension.EXTENSION_NAME
 
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataPlugin.groovy
index 6feb6b9..e3a9b95 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/meta/MetadataPlugin.groovy
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 package org.spongepowered.gradle.meta
 
-import static org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataBaseExtension.getEXTENSION_NAME
+import static org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataBaseExtension.EXTENSION_NAME
 
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginPlugin.groovy
index 1d8331c..804ddbb 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/spongepowered/gradle/plugin/SpongePluginPlugin.groovy
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import static org.gradle.api.JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPluginConvention
-import org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataBasePlugin
+import org.spongepowered.gradle.meta.MetadataPlugin
 
 class SpongePluginPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class SpongePluginPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
             // IntelliJ IDEA resource fix
             idea.module.inheritOutputDirs = true
 
-            plugins.apply(MetadataBasePlugin)
+            plugins.apply(MetadataPlugin)
             plugins.apply(SpongePluginBasePlugin)
         }
     }