diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 5c43d5d..fa1673b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ dependencies {
  * and then configure gradle to change the compile classpath before compiling
  */
 
-tasks.findByPath(':preBuild').dependsOn += ':compatSetup'
+tasks.getByName('preBuild').dependsOn += 'compatSetup'
 
-task compatSetup(dependsOn: [':compat:assembleDebug', ':compat:assembleRelease']) << {
+task compatSetup(dependsOn: [project('compat').path+':assembleDebug', project('compat').path+':assembleRelease']) << {
     final java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean classpathSet = new java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean(false);
-    tasks.findAll { it.path.startsWith(':compile') && it.path.endsWith('Java') }.each {
+    tasks.findAll { it.name.startsWith('compile') && it.name.endsWith('Java') }.each {
         it.doFirst {
             if (!classpathSet.get()) {
                 android.applicationVariants.all {
-                    variant -> variant.javaCompile.classpath += project(':compat').files('build/intermediates/bundles/' + (variant.name.endsWith('ebug') ? 'debug' : 'release') + '/classes.jar');
+                    variant -> variant.javaCompile.classpath += project('compat').files('build/intermediates/bundles/' + (variant.name.endsWith('ebug') ? 'debug' : 'release') + '/classes.jar');
                 };
                 classpathSet.set(true);
             }