diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
index 6d1fe6c..1dbfcfa 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,16 +1,30 @@
 import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
 import org.gradle.plugin.use.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.*
+import org.gradle.plugins.ide.idea.model.*
 
 plugins {
   kotlin("jvm", "1.1.50")
+  id("idea")
 }
 
 group = "com.satori"
 version = "0.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
-
 buildDir = file(".out")
 
+idea {
+  project {
+    jdkName = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8.toString()
+    languageLevel = IdeaLanguageLevel(JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8)
+  }
+  module {
+    inheritOutputDirs = false
+    outputDir = file("$buildDir/idea")
+    testOutputDir = file("$buildDir/idea-tests")
+  }
+}
+
+
 java.sourceSets["main"].java.srcDir("src")
 java.sourceSets["main"].resources.srcDir("res")
 
@@ -30,11 +44,14 @@ compileTestKotlin.kotlinOptions {
 
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
+  jcenter()
 }
 
 val jacksonVer = "2.9.0"
 
 dependencies {
+  //compile("com.github.fge:uri-template:0.9")
+  compile("com.damnhandy:handy-uri-templates:2.1.6")
   compile(kotlin("stdlib-jre8", "1.1.50"))
   compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:$jacksonVer")
   compile("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$jacksonVer")
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/GitHubPublishReleaseTask.kt b/buildSrc/src/GitHubPublishReleaseTask.kt
index f7a5fe9..95117a0 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/GitHubPublishReleaseTask.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/GitHubPublishReleaseTask.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import com.damnhandy.uri.template.*
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.*
 import org.gradle.api.*
 import org.gradle.api.file.*
@@ -75,29 +76,18 @@ open class GitHubPublishReleaseTask : GitHubTask() {
     println("publishing release to github... ")
 
     val createdRelease = post("releases", body).get()!!
-
-    //val uploadUrl = createdRelease!!["assets_url"].asText()
-    val uploadUrl ="https://uploads.github.com/repos/satori-com/satori-composer/releases/${createdRelease["id"].asText()}/assets"
+    val uploadUrl =createdRelease!!["upload_url"].asText()
 
     assets.forEach {
       println("uploading asset '${it.name}'")
       Files.newInputStream(it.toPath()).use { content->
+        val uri = UriTemplate.fromTemplate(uploadUrl)
+          .set("name", it.name)
+          .expand()
         upload(
-          "$uploadUrl?name=${urlEncode(it.name)}",
-          "application/zip",
-          content
+          uri, "application/zip", content
         )
       }
-      //println("${URL("https://uploads.github.com/repos/satori-com/satori-composer/releases/7936971/assets{?name,label}")}")
-      /*parameters.put("name", "Arnold")
-
-      val builder = UriBuilder.fromPath(template)
-      val output = builder.build(parameters)
-      parameters.put("name", "Arnold")
-
-      val builder = UriBuilder.fromPath(template)
-      val output = builder.build(parameters)*/
-      //POST https://<upload_url>/repos/:owner/:repo/releases/:id/assets?name=foo.zip
     }
   }
 }
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