diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2ea2d4a6a..0de12ce95 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 VERSION_NAME=1.4.4-SNAPSHOT
-VERSION_CODE=2
+VERSION_CODE=144
 GROUP=com.loopj.android
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=An Asynchronous HTTP Library for Android
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ POM_SCM_CONNECTION=scm:git@github.com:loopj/android-async-http.git
 POM_SCM_DEV_CONNECTION=scm:git@github.com:loopj/android-async-http.git
 POM_LICENCE_NAME=The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
 POM_LICENCE_URL=http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
-POM_LICENCE_DIST=repo
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+POM_LICENCE_DIST=repo
diff --git a/maven_push.gradle b/maven_push.gradle
index b45f1153e..cf9d0a612 100644
--- a/maven_push.gradle
+++ b/maven_push.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 apply plugin: 'maven'
 apply plugin: 'signing'
 
+configurations {
+    archives {
+        extendsFrom configurations.default
+    }
+}
+
 def sonatypeRepositoryUrl
 if (isReleaseBuild()) {
     println 'RELEASE BUILD'
@@ -10,6 +16,24 @@ if (isReleaseBuild()) {
     sonatypeRepositoryUrl = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
 }
 
+if (!signing.hasProperty('password')) {
+    if (System.console())
+        allprojects {
+            ext.set('signing.password', System.console().readPassword("\n\$ Type in GPG key password: "))
+        }
+    else
+        allprojects { ext.set('signing.password', 'dummy') }
+}
+
+if (!project.ext.hasProperty('nexusPassword')) {
+    if (System.console())
+        allprojects {
+            project.ext.set('nexusPassword', new String(System.console().readPassword("\n\$ Type in password for Sonatype nexus account ${nexusUsername}: ")))
+        }
+    else
+        allprojects { project.ext.set('nexusPassword', 'dummy') }
+}
+
 afterEvaluate { project ->
     uploadArchives {
         repositories {
@@ -62,25 +86,27 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
         sign configurations.archives
     }
 
+    task androidReleaseJar(type: Jar) {
+        from "$buildDir/classes/release/"
+    }
+
     task androidJavadocs(type: Javadoc) {
         source = android.sourceSets.main.allJava
     }
 
     task androidJavadocsJar(type: Jar) {
         classifier = 'javadoc'
-        //basename = artifact_id
         from androidJavadocs.destinationDir
     }
 
     task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
         classifier = 'sources'
-        //basename = artifact_id
         from android.sourceSets.main.allSource
     }
 
     artifacts {
-        //archives packageReleaseJar
+        archives androidReleaseJar
         archives androidSourcesJar
         archives androidJavadocsJar
     }
-}
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+}