diff --git a/e2e/gradle/src/utils/create-gradle-project.ts b/e2e/gradle/src/utils/create-gradle-project.ts
index b1e11051b2a06..1e4755082e1b7 100644
--- a/e2e/gradle/src/utils/create-gradle-project.ts
+++ b/e2e/gradle/src/utils/create-gradle-project.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ export function createGradleProject(
   packageName: string = 'gradleProject',
   addProjectJsonNamePrefix: string = ''
 ) {
-  e2eConsoleLogger(`Using java version: ${execSync('java -version')}`);
+  e2eConsoleLogger(
+    `Using java version: ${execSync('java -version')} ${execSync(
+      'echo $JAVA_HOME'
+    )}`
+  );
   const gradleCommand = isWindows()
     ? resolve(`${__dirname}/../../gradlew.bat`)
     : resolve(`${__dirname}/../../gradlew`);
diff --git a/packages/gradle/plugin.spec.ts b/packages/gradle/plugin.spec.ts
index c07019a01d431..78dc8efe8bb1d 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/plugin.spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
       gradleFileToOutputDirsMap: new Map<string, Map<string, string>>([
         ['proj/build.gradle', new Map([['build', 'build']])],
       ]),
+      gradleProjectToTasksMap: new Map<string, Set<string>>([
+        ['proj', new Set(['test'])],
+      ]),
       gradleProjectToTasksTypeMap: new Map<string, Map<string, string>>([
         ['proj', new Map([['test', 'Verification']])],
       ]),
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ describe('@nx/gradle/plugin', () => {
                   ],
                 },
                 "name": "proj",
+                "projectType": "application",
                 "targets": {
                   "test": {
                     "cache": true,
diff --git a/packages/gradle/src/utils/get-project-report-lines.ts b/packages/gradle/src/utils/get-project-report-lines.ts
index 84be3187ccc93..ddeaf341c7861 100644
--- a/packages/gradle/src/utils/get-project-report-lines.ts
+++ b/packages/gradle/src/utils/get-project-report-lines.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export async function getProjectReportLines(
         'projectReport',
       ]);
       logger.warn(
-        `Could not run 'projectReportAll' task. Ran 'projectReport' instead. Please run 'nx generate @nx/gradle:init' to generate the necessary tasks.`
+        `Could not run 'projectReportAll' task. Ran 'projectReport' instead. Please run 'nx generate @nx/gradle:init' to generate the necessary tasks. ${e.message}`
       );
     } catch (e) {
       throw new AggregateCreateNodesError(
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export async function getProjectReportLines(
           [
             gradlewFile,
             new Error(
-              `Could not run 'projectReportAll' or 'projectReport' task. Please run 'nx generate @nx/gradle:init' to generate the necessary tasks.`
+              `Could not run 'projectReportAll' or 'projectReport' task. Please run 'nx generate @nx/gradle:init' to generate the necessary tasks. ${e.message}`
             ),
           ],
         ],