diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index f45ae4f..622cd48 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ android {
         minSdkVersion 23
         targetSdkVersion 30
         versionCode 1000 //00.01.000
-        versionName "0.2.0-beta1"
+        versionName "0.2.0-beta2"
 
         testInstrumentationRunner "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         resValue "string", "build_time", buildTime()
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/MainActivity.kt
index b4dd703..c464ae5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/MainActivity.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.mosad.teapod.preferences.EncryptedPreferences
 import org.mosad.teapod.preferences.Preferences
 import org.mosad.teapod.ui.components.LoginDialog
 import org.mosad.teapod.ui.fragments.*
+import org.mosad.teapod.util.DataTypes
 import org.mosad.teapod.util.StorageController
 import org.mosad.teapod.util.TMDBApiController
 import kotlin.system.measureTimeMillis
@@ -46,13 +47,22 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemS
 
     private var activeBaseFragment: Fragment = HomeFragment() // the currently active fragment, home at the start
 
+    companion object {
+        var wasInitialized = false
+    }
+
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+
+        if (!wasInitialized) {
+            load()
+        }
+
+        theme.applyStyle(getThemeResource(), true)
+
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
         nav_view.setOnNavigationItemSelectedListener(this)
 
-        load()
-
         supportFragmentManager.commit {
             replace(R.id.nav_host_fragment, activeBaseFragment, activeBaseFragment.javaClass.simpleName)
         }
@@ -102,6 +112,13 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemS
         return ret
     }
 
+    private fun getThemeResource(): Int {
+        return when (Preferences.theme) {
+            DataTypes.Theme.DARK -> R.style.AppTheme_Dark
+            else -> R.style.AppTheme_Light
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun load() {
         // running login and list in parallel does not bring any speed improvements
         val time = measureTimeMillis {
@@ -118,10 +135,26 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemS
 
             StorageController.load(this)
             AoDParser.initialLoading()
+
+            wasInitialized = true
         }
         Log.i(javaClass.name, "login and list in $time ms")
     }
 
+    private fun showLoginDialog(firstTry: Boolean) {
+        LoginDialog(this, firstTry).positiveButton {
+            EncryptedPreferences.saveCredentials(login, password, context)
+
+            if (!AoDParser.login()) {
+                showLoginDialog(false)
+                Log.w(javaClass.name, "Login failed, please try again.")
+            }
+        }.negativeButton {
+            Log.i(javaClass.name, "Login canceled, exiting.")
+            finish()
+        }.show()
+    }
+
     /**
      * Show the media fragment for the selected media.
      * While loading show the loading fragment.
@@ -159,17 +192,15 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity(), BottomNavigationView.OnNavigationItemS
         startActivity(intent)
     }
 
-    private fun showLoginDialog(firstTry: Boolean) {
-        LoginDialog(this, firstTry).positiveButton {
-            EncryptedPreferences.saveCredentials(login, password, context)
-
-            if (!AoDParser.login()) {
-                showLoginDialog(false)
-                Log.w(javaClass.name, "Login failed, please try again.")
-            }
-        }.negativeButton {
-            Log.i(javaClass.name, "Login canceled, exiting.")
-            finish()
-        }.show()
+    /**
+     * use custom restart instead of recreate(), since it has animations
+     */
+    fun restart() {
+        val restartIntent = intent
+        restartIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_ANIMATION)
+        finish()
+        startActivity(restartIntent)
     }
+
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/preferences/Preferences.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/preferences/Preferences.kt
index 727cf99..172fb92 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/preferences/Preferences.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/preferences/Preferences.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package org.mosad.teapod.preferences
 
 import android.content.Context
+import android.content.SharedPreferences
 import org.mosad.teapod.R
+import org.mosad.teapod.util.DataTypes
 
 object Preferences {
 
@@ -9,14 +11,18 @@ object Preferences {
         internal set
     var autoplay = true
         internal set
+    var theme = DataTypes.Theme.LIGHT
+        internal set
 
-    fun savePreferSecondary(context: Context, preferSecondary: Boolean) {
-        val sharedPref = context.getSharedPreferences(
+    private fun getSharedPref(context: Context): SharedPreferences {
+        return context.getSharedPreferences(
             context.getString(R.string.preference_file_key),
             Context.MODE_PRIVATE
         )
+    }
 
-        with(sharedPref.edit()) {
+    fun savePreferSecondary(context: Context, preferSecondary: Boolean) {
+        with(getSharedPref(context).edit()) {
             putBoolean(context.getString(R.string.save_key_prefer_secondary), preferSecondary)
             apply()
         }
@@ -25,12 +31,7 @@ object Preferences {
     }
 
     fun saveAutoplay(context: Context, autoplay: Boolean) {
-        val sharedPref = context.getSharedPreferences(
-            context.getString(R.string.preference_file_key),
-            Context.MODE_PRIVATE
-        )
-
-        with(sharedPref.edit()) {
+        with(getSharedPref(context).edit()) {
             putBoolean(context.getString(R.string.save_key_autoplay), autoplay)
             apply()
         }
@@ -38,14 +39,20 @@ object Preferences {
         this.autoplay = autoplay
     }
 
+    fun saveTheme(context: Context, theme: DataTypes.Theme) {
+        with(getSharedPref(context).edit()) {
+            putString(context.getString(R.string.save_key_theme), theme.toString())
+            apply()
+        }
+
+        this.theme = theme
+    }
+
     /**
      * initially load the stored values
      */
     fun load(context: Context) {
-        val sharedPref = context.getSharedPreferences(
-            context.getString(R.string.preference_file_key),
-            Context.MODE_PRIVATE
-        )
+        val sharedPref = getSharedPref(context)
 
         preferSecondary = sharedPref.getBoolean(
             context.getString(R.string.save_key_prefer_secondary), false
@@ -53,6 +60,11 @@ object Preferences {
         autoplay = sharedPref.getBoolean(
             context.getString(R.string.save_key_autoplay), true
         )
+        theme = DataTypes.Theme.valueOf(
+            sharedPref.getString(
+                context.getString(R.string.save_key_theme), DataTypes.Theme.LIGHT.toString()
+            ) ?:  DataTypes.Theme.LIGHT.toString()
+        )
     }
 
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/ui/fragments/AccountFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/ui/fragments/AccountFragment.kt
index 54450fe..986dc48 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/ui/fragments/AccountFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/ui/fragments/AccountFragment.kt
@@ -7,17 +7,21 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment
 import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.MaterialDialog
+import com.afollestad.materialdialogs.list.listItemsSingleChoice
 import de.psdev.licensesdialog.LicensesDialog
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.fragment_account.*
 import org.mosad.teapod.BuildConfig
+import org.mosad.teapod.MainActivity
 import org.mosad.teapod.R
 import org.mosad.teapod.parser.AoDParser
 import org.mosad.teapod.preferences.EncryptedPreferences
 import org.mosad.teapod.preferences.Preferences
 import org.mosad.teapod.ui.components.LoginDialog
+import org.mosad.teapod.util.DataTypes.Theme
 
 class AccountFragment : Fragment() {
 
+
     override fun onCreateView(inflater: LayoutInflater, container: ViewGroup?, savedInstanceState: Bundle?): View? {
         return inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_account, container, false)
     }
@@ -27,6 +31,11 @@ class AccountFragment : Fragment() {
 
         text_account_login.text = EncryptedPreferences.login
         text_info_about_desc.text = getString(R.string.info_about_desc, BuildConfig.VERSION_NAME, getString(R.string.build_time))
+        text_theme_selected.text = when (Preferences.theme) {
+            Theme.DARK -> getString(R.string.theme_dark)
+            else -> getString(R.string.theme_light)
+        }
+
         switch_secondary.isChecked = Preferences.preferSecondary
         switch_autoplay.isChecked = Preferences.autoplay
 
@@ -38,6 +47,10 @@ class AccountFragment : Fragment() {
             showLoginDialog(true)
         }
 
+        linear_theme.setOnClickListener {
+            showThemeDialog()
+        }
+
         linear_about.setOnClickListener {
             MaterialDialog(requireContext())
                 .title(R.string.info_about)
@@ -46,15 +59,14 @@ class AccountFragment : Fragment() {
         }
 
         text_licenses.setOnClickListener {
-            val selectedTheme = requireContext().applicationInfo.theme
 
-            val dialogCss = when (selectedTheme) {
-                R.style.AppTheme_Dark -> R.string.license_dialog_style_dark
+            val dialogCss = when (Preferences.theme) {
+                Theme.DARK -> R.string.license_dialog_style_dark
                 else -> R.string.license_dialog_style_light
             }
 
-            val themeId = when (selectedTheme) {
-                R.style.AppTheme_Dark -> R.style.LicensesDialogTheme_Dark
+            val themeId = when (Preferences.theme) {
+                Theme.DARK -> R.style.LicensesDialogTheme_Dark
                 else -> R.style.AppTheme_Light
             }
 
@@ -90,4 +102,24 @@ class AccountFragment : Fragment() {
             password = ""
         }
     }
+
+    private fun showThemeDialog() {
+        val themes = listOf(
+            resources.getString(R.string.theme_light),
+            resources.getString(R.string.theme_dark)
+        )
+
+        MaterialDialog(requireContext()).show {
+            title(R.string.theme)
+            listItemsSingleChoice(items = themes, initialSelection = Preferences.theme.ordinal) { _, index, _ ->
+                when(index) {
+                    0 -> Preferences.saveTheme(context, Theme.LIGHT)
+                    1 -> Preferences.saveTheme(context, Theme.DARK)
+                    else -> Preferences.saveTheme(context, Theme.LIGHT)
+                }
+
+                (activity as MainActivity).restart()
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/util/DataTypes.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/util/DataTypes.kt
index c109561..aae4fb8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/util/DataTypes.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/mosad/teapod/util/DataTypes.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ class DataTypes {
         MOVIE,
         TVSHOW
     }
+
+    enum class Theme(val str: String) {
+        LIGHT("Light"),
+        DARK("Dark")
+    }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_baseline_style_24.xml b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_baseline_style_24.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18adef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/res/drawable/ic_baseline_style_24.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<vector android:height="24dp" android:tint="#FFFFFF"
+    android:viewportHeight="24" android:viewportWidth="24"
+    android:width="24dp" xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <path android:fillColor="@android:color/white" android:pathData="M2.53,19.65l1.34,0.56v-9.03l-2.43,5.86c-0.41,1.02 0.08,2.19 1.09,2.61zM22.03,15.95L17.07,3.98c-0.31,-0.75 -1.04,-1.21 -1.81,-1.23 -0.26,0 -0.53,0.04 -0.79,0.15L7.1,5.95c-0.75,0.31 -1.21,1.03 -1.23,1.8 -0.01,0.27 0.04,0.54 0.15,0.8l4.96,11.97c0.31,0.76 1.05,1.22 1.83,1.23 0.26,0 0.52,-0.05 0.77,-0.15l7.36,-3.05c1.02,-0.42 1.51,-1.59 1.09,-2.6zM7.88,8.75c-0.55,0 -1,-0.45 -1,-1s0.45,-1 1,-1 1,0.45 1,1 -0.45,1 -1,1zM5.88,19.75c0,1.1 0.9,2 2,2h1.45l-3.45,-8.34v6.34z"/>
+</vector>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_account.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_account.xml
index c6c9c80..08042dc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_account.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_account.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,50 @@
                     </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
                 </LinearLayout>
 
+                <LinearLayout
+                    android:id="@+id/linear_theme"
+                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                    android:layout_margin="7dp"
+                    android:gravity="center"
+                    android:orientation="horizontal">
+
+                    <ImageView
+                        android:id="@+id/imageViewTheme"
+                        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+                        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                        android:contentDescription="@string/account"
+                        android:minWidth="48dp"
+                        android:minHeight="48dp"
+                        android:padding="9dp"
+                        android:scaleType="fitXY"
+                        android:src="@drawable/ic_baseline_style_24"
+                        app:tint="?iconNoAction" />
+
+                    <LinearLayout
+                        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                        android:layout_height="match_parent"
+                        android:orientation="vertical">
+
+                        <TextView
+                            android:id="@+id/text_theme"
+                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                            android:layout_weight="1"
+                            android:text="@string/theme"
+                            android:textSize="16sp" />
+
+                        <TextView
+                            android:id="@+id/text_theme_selected"
+                            android:layout_width="match_parent"
+                            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                            android:layout_weight="1"
+                            android:text="@string/theme_light"
+                            android:textColor="?textSecondary" />
+                    </LinearLayout>
+
+                </LinearLayout>
+
             </LinearLayout>
 
             <LinearLayout
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml
index 29221e4..72c2f2a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values-de-rDE/strings.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     <string name="settings_secondary_desc">Untertitle-Stream verwenden, sofern vorhanden</string>
     <string name="settings_autoplay">Autoplay</string>
     <string name="settings_autoplay_desc">Nächste Episode automatisch abspielen</string>
+    <string name="theme">Design</string>
+    <string name="theme_light">Hell</string>
+    <string name="theme_dark">Dunkel</string>
 
     <!-- player -->
     <string name="close_player">Player schließen</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 571b8c2..4a47abd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
     <string name="settings_secondary_desc">Use the subtitles stream if present</string>
     <string name="settings_autoplay">Autoplay</string>
     <string name="settings_autoplay_desc">Play next episode automatically</string>
+    <string name="theme">Theme</string>
+    <string name="theme_light">Light</string>
+    <string name="theme_dark">Dark</string>
+
 
     <!-- player -->
     <string name="close_player">close player</string>
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@
     <string name="save_key_user_password" translatable="false">org.mosad.teapod.user_password</string>
     <string name="save_key_prefer_secondary" translatable="false">org.mosad.teapod.prefer_secondary</string>
     <string name="save_key_autoplay" translatable="false">org.mosad.teapod.autoplay</string>
+    <string name="save_key_theme" translatable="false">org.mosad.teapod.theme</string>
 
     <!-- intents & states -->
     <string name="intent_media_id" translatable="false">intent_media_id</string>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index df294ab..2114893 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
         <item name="iconNoAction">@color/iconNoActionLight</item>
         <item name="buttonBackground">@color/buttonBackgroundLight</item>
         <item name="md_background_color">@color/themeSecondaryLight</item>
-        <item name="md_color_title">@color/textPrimaryLight</item>
         <item name="md_color_content">@color/textSecondaryLight</item>
     </style>
 
@@ -34,8 +33,10 @@
         <item name="iconNoAction">@color/iconNoActionDark</item>
         <item name="buttonBackground">@color/buttonBackgroundDark</item>
         <item name="md_background_color">@color/themeSecondaryDark</item>
-        <item name="md_color_title">@color/textPrimaryDark</item>
         <item name="md_color_content">@color/textSecondaryDark</item>
+
+        <!-- without this, the unchecked single choice buttons while be black -->
+        <item name="md_color_widget_unchecked">@color/textSecondaryDark</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="LicensesDialogTheme.Dark" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Dialog">
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8a34660..0bc70d2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
-    ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.10"
+    ext.kotlin_version = "1.4.20"
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.1'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
index f6b961f..62d4c05 100644
Binary files a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar and b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index ef97d1d..4d9ca16 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#Tue Oct 13 12:04:29 CEST 2020
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.5-bin.zip
diff --git a/gradlew b/gradlew
index cccdd3d..fbd7c51 100755
--- a/gradlew
+++ b/gradlew
@@ -1,5 +1,21 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
+#
+# Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
 ##############################################################################
 ##
 ##  Gradle start up script for UN*X
@@ -28,7 +44,7 @@ APP_NAME="Gradle"
 APP_BASE_NAME=`basename "$0"`
 
 # Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=""
+DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS='"-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"'
 
 # Use the maximum available, or set MAX_FD != -1 to use that value.
 MAX_FD="maximum"
@@ -66,6 +82,7 @@ esac
 
 CLASSPATH=$APP_HOME/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 # Determine the Java command to use to start the JVM.
 if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
     if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
@@ -109,10 +126,11 @@ if $darwin; then
     GRADLE_OPTS="$GRADLE_OPTS \"-Xdock:name=$APP_NAME\" \"-Xdock:icon=$APP_HOME/media/gradle.icns\""
 fi
 
-# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
-if $cygwin ; then
+# For Cygwin or MSYS, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if [ "$cygwin" = "true" -o "$msys" = "true" ] ; then
     APP_HOME=`cygpath --path --mixed "$APP_HOME"`
     CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --mixed "$CLASSPATH"`
+    
     JAVACMD=`cygpath --unix "$JAVACMD"`
 
     # We build the pattern for arguments to be converted via cygpath
@@ -138,19 +156,19 @@ if $cygwin ; then
         else
             eval `echo args$i`="\"$arg\""
         fi
-        i=$((i+1))
+        i=`expr $i + 1`
     done
     case $i in
-        (0) set -- ;;
-        (1) set -- "$args0" ;;
-        (2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
-        (3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
-        (4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
-        (5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
-        (6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
-        (7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
-        (8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
-        (9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
+        0) set -- ;;
+        1) set -- "$args0" ;;
+        2) set -- "$args0" "$args1" ;;
+        3) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" ;;
+        4) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" ;;
+        5) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" ;;
+        6) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" ;;
+        7) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" ;;
+        8) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" ;;
+        9) set -- "$args0" "$args1" "$args2" "$args3" "$args4" "$args5" "$args6" "$args7" "$args8" ;;
     esac
 fi
 
@@ -159,14 +177,9 @@ save () {
     for i do printf %s\\n "$i" | sed "s/'/'\\\\''/g;1s/^/'/;\$s/\$/' \\\\/" ; done
     echo " "
 }
-APP_ARGS=$(save "$@")
+APP_ARGS=`save "$@"`
 
 # Collect all arguments for the java command, following the shell quoting and substitution rules
 eval set -- $DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS $JAVA_OPTS $GRADLE_OPTS "\"-Dorg.gradle.appname=$APP_BASE_NAME\"" -classpath "\"$CLASSPATH\"" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain "$APP_ARGS"
 
-# by default we should be in the correct project dir, but when run from Finder on Mac, the cwd is wrong
-if [ "$(uname)" = "Darwin" ] && [ "$HOME" = "$PWD" ]; then
-  cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-fi
-
 exec "$JAVACMD" "$@"
diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index e95643d..a9f778a 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+@rem
+@rem Copyright 2015 the original author or authors.
+@rem
+@rem Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+@rem you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+@rem You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@rem
+@rem      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@rem
+@rem Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+@rem distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+@rem WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+@rem See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+@rem limitations under the License.
+@rem
+
 @if "%DEBUG%" == "" @echo off
 @rem ##########################################################################
 @rem
@@ -13,8 +29,11 @@ if "%DIRNAME%" == "" set DIRNAME=.
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
-set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS=
+set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
 @rem Find java.exe
 if defined JAVA_HOME goto findJavaFromJavaHome
@@ -65,6 +84,7 @@ set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
 "%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%