diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f5eb7de7f..698eb5732 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 buildscript {
     repositories {
+		mavenCentral()
         jcenter()
+		maven {
+            name = 'sonatype-nexus-public'
+            url = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/public/'
+        }
         maven {
             name = "forge"
             url = "http://files.minecraftforge.net/maven"
@@ -14,6 +19,13 @@ buildscript {
 apply plugin: 'net.minecraftforge.gradle.forge'
 apply plugin: 'maven'
 
+repositories {
+    flatDir {
+        name "fileRepo"
+        dirs "repo"
+    }
+}
+
 // define the properties file
 ext.configFile = file "build.properties"