fixed gradle build: made MTC jar creation a gradle task

build.gradle

@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
-apply plugin: 'maven'
 
 description="ctools build script"
-version="1.0.0"
-
-compileJava {
-    sourceCompatibility = "1.8"
-    targetCompatibility = "1.8"
-}
 
 repositories {
     jcenter()
@@ -25,17 +18,20 @@ task wrapper(type: Wrapper) {
     gradleVersion = '3.5'
 }
 
-jar {
-  archiveName = "MTC-1.0.0.jar"
+
+task mtc(type: Jar) {
+  baseName = "MTC"
+  version = "1.0.0"
 
   from {
     configurations.compile.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
-    configurations.runtime.collect { it.isDirectory() ? it : zipTree(it) }
   }
-    
+
   manifest {
     attributes 'Main-Class': 'mtc.App'
   }
 
-  exclude "**/bots/**", "**/reports/**", "**/tools/**"
+  exclude "**/bots/**", "**/reports/**", "**/tools/**", "META-INF/*.SF", "**/LICENSE*", "**/NOTICE*", "**/maven/**"
+
+  with jar
 }

src/main/java/mtc/MTCController.java

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ else if (currTask.isRunning())
 	 * 
 	 * @param msg The new message to add.
 	 */
-	private void printToConsole(String msg)
+	private synchronized void printToConsole(String msg)
 	{
 		console.appendText(String.format("(%s): %s%n", LocalDateTime.now().format(df), msg));
 	}