diff --git a/Dockerfile.fat b/Dockerfile.fat
index 3dab4b33..2dbf4ba4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.fat
+++ b/Dockerfile.fat
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ COPY build.gradle .
 COPY settings.gradle .
 COPY gradlew .
 COPY gradle gradle/
-RUN ./gradlew build -x spotlessApply -x spotlessCheck -x test -x sonarqube || return 0 
+RUN ./gradlew build -x spotlessApply -x spotlessCheck -x test -x sonarqube || return 0
 
 # Set the working directory
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9871d998..c5a721f1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -543,12 +543,22 @@ compileJava {
 }
 
 task writeVersion {
-    def propsFile = file("src/main/resources/version.properties")
-    def props = new Properties()
-    props.setProperty("version", version)
-    props.store(propsFile.newWriter(), null)
+    def propsFile = file("$projectDir/src/main/resources/version.properties")
+    def propsDir = propsFile.parentFile
+
+    doLast {
+        if (!propsDir.exists()) {
+            propsDir.mkdirs()
+        }
+
+        def props = new Properties()
+        props.setProperty("version", version)
+        props.store(propsFile.newWriter(), null)
+    }
 }
 
+processResources.dependsOn(writeVersion)
+
 swaggerhubUpload {
     // dependsOn = generateOpenApiDocs  // Depends on your task generating Swagger docs
     api = "Stirling-PDF"  // The name of your API on SwaggerHub