diff --git a/android/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
index afaf2a4..3cd1afd 100644
--- a/android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     android:versionCode="1"
     android:versionName="1.0" >
 
-    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="20" />
+    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="8" android:targetSdkVersion="24" />
 
     <application
         android:allowBackup="true"
diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index c502c50..c4ce9df 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@ android {
             renderscript.srcDirs = ['src']
             res.srcDirs = ['res']
             assets.srcDirs = ['assets']
+            jniLibs.srcDirs = ['libs']
         }
 
         instrumentTest.setRoot('tests')
     }
 }
+
+
 // called every time gradle gets executed, takes the native dependencies of
 // the natives configuration, and extracts them to the proper libs/ folders
 // so they get packed with the APK.
@@ -24,10 +27,10 @@ task copyAndroidNatives() {
 
     configurations.natives.files.each { jar ->
         def outputDir = null
-        if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi-v7a.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi-v7a")
-        if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi")
-        if (jar.name.endsWith("natives-x86.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/x86")
-        if (outputDir != null) {
+        if(jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi-v7a.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi-v7a")
+        if(jar.name.endsWith("natives-armeabi.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/armeabi")
+        if(jar.name.endsWith("natives-x86.jar")) outputDir = file("libs/x86")
+        if(outputDir != null) {
             copy {
                 from zipTree(jar)
                 into outputDir
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ task copyAndroidNatives() {
         }
     }
 }
+
 task run(type: Exec) {
     def path
     def localProperties = project.file("../local.properties")
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ task run(type: Exec) {
     def adb = path + "/platform-tools/adb"
     commandLine "$adb", 'shell', 'am', 'start', '-n', 'de.samdev.colorrunner.android/de.samdev.colorrunner.android.AndroidLauncher'
 }
+
 // sets up the Android Eclipse project, using the old Ant based build.
 eclipse {
     // need to specify Java source sets explicitely, SpringSource Gradle Eclipse plugin
@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ eclipse {
     }
 
     classpath {
-        plusConfigurations += project.configurations.compile
+        plusConfigurations += [ project.configurations.compile ]
         containers 'com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ANDROID_FRAMEWORK', 'com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.LIBRARIES'
     }
 
@@ -87,11 +92,12 @@ eclipse {
         buildCommand "com.android.ide.eclipse.adt.ApkBuilder"
     }
 }
+
 // sets up the Android Idea project, using the old Ant based build.
 idea {
     module {
         sourceDirs += file("src");
-        scopes = [COMPILE: [plus: [project.configurations.compile]]]
+        scopes = [ COMPILE: [plus:[project.configurations.compile]]]
 
         iml {
             withXml {
@@ -101,11 +107,11 @@ idea {
                 builder.component(name: "FacetManager") {
                     facet(type: "android", name: "Android") {
                         configuration {
-                            option(name: "UPDATE_PROPERTY_FILES", value: "true")
+                            option(name: "UPDATE_PROPERTY_FILES", value:"true")
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}