diff --git a/demo_gradle/.gitignore b/demo_gradle/.gitignore
index 378eac2..91ea741 100644
--- a/demo_gradle/.gitignore
+++ b/demo_gradle/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 build
+.gradle
diff --git a/demo_gradle/app/build.gradle b/demo_gradle/app/build.gradle
index 22145d8..7532967 100644
--- a/demo_gradle/app/build.gradle
+++ b/demo_gradle/app/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+apply plugin:'application'
+
+mainClassName = 'ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo.Boot'
+
 dependencies {
   compile project(':api')
   compile 'ro.fortsoft.pf4j:pf4j:0.4'
diff --git a/demo_gradle/app/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/Boot.java b/demo_gradle/app/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/Boot.java
index 2619531..503e7c0 100644
--- a/demo_gradle/app/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/Boot.java
+++ b/demo_gradle/app/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/Boot.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ package ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.DefaultPluginManager;
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.PluginManager;
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ public class Boot {
         // start (active/resolved) the plugins
         pluginManager.startPlugins();
 
+        System.out.println("Plugindirectory: ");
+        System.out.println("\t" + System.getProperty("pf4j.pluginsDir", "plugins") + "\n");
+
         // retrieves the extensions for Greeting extension point
         List<Greeting> greetings = pluginManager.getExtensions(Greeting.class);
         System.out.println(String.format("Found %d extensions for extension point '%s'", greetings.size(), Greeting.class.getName()));
@@ -52,22 +55,22 @@ public class Boot {
             System.out.println(">>> " + greeting.getGreeting());
         }
 
-        // print extensions from classpath (non plugin)
-        System.out.println(String.format("Extensions added by classpath:"));
-        Set<String> extensionClassNames = pluginManager.getExtensionClassNames(null);
-        for (String extension : extensionClassNames) {
-            System.out.println("   " + extension);
-        }
+        // // print extensions from classpath (non plugin)
+        // System.out.println(String.format("Extensions added by classpath:"));
+        // Set<String> extensionClassNames = pluginManager.getExtensionClassNames(null);
+        // for (String extension : extensionClassNames) {
+        //     System.out.println("   " + extension);
+        // }
 
         // print extensions for each started plugin
         List<PluginWrapper> startedPlugins = pluginManager.getStartedPlugins();
         for (PluginWrapper plugin : startedPlugins) {
             String pluginId = plugin.getDescriptor().getPluginId();
             System.out.println(String.format("Extensions added by plugin '%s':", pluginId));
-            extensionClassNames = pluginManager.getExtensionClassNames(pluginId);
-            for (String extension : extensionClassNames) {
-                System.out.println("   " + extension);
-            }
+            // extensionClassNames = pluginManager.getExtensionClassNames(pluginId);
+            // for (String extension : extensionClassNames) {
+            //     System.out.println("   " + extension);
+            // }
         }
 
         // stop the plugins
diff --git a/demo_gradle/plugins/plugin1/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/welcome/WelcomePlugin.java b/demo_gradle/plugins/plugin1/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/welcome/WelcomePlugin.java
index 1c35259..824180c 100644
--- a/demo_gradle/plugins/plugin1/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/welcome/WelcomePlugin.java
+++ b/demo_gradle/plugins/plugin1/src/main/java/ro/fortsoft/pf4j/demo/welcome/WelcomePlugin.java
@@ -1,23 +1,22 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2012 Decebal Suiu
- * 
+ *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this work except in compliance with
  * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file, or at:
- * 
+ *
  * http://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.
  */
 package ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo.welcome;
 
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.Extension;
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.Plugin;
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.PluginWrapper;
-import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.RuntimeMode;
 import ro.fortsoft.pf4j.demo.api.Greeting;
 
 /**
@@ -32,10 +31,7 @@ public class WelcomePlugin extends Plugin {
     @Override
     public void start() {
         System.out.println("WelcomePlugin.start()");
-        // for testing the development mode
-        if (RuntimeMode.DEVELOPMENT.equals(wrapper.getRuntimeMode())) {
         	System.out.println(StringUtils.upperCase("WelcomePlugin"));
-        }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/demo_gradle/settings.gradle b/demo_gradle/settings.gradle
index 01be4bd..e76ea04 100644
--- a/demo_gradle/settings.gradle
+++ b/demo_gradle/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include 'api'
 include 'app'
-include 'plugins'
\ No newline at end of file
+include 'plugins/plugin1'
+include 'plugins/plugin2'
\ No newline at end of file