# Documentation error regarding the location of gradle.properties file

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/documentation-error-regarding-the-location-of-gradle-properties-file/704>\
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**Created:** [September 5, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/documentation-error-regarding-the-location-of-gradle-properties-file/704 "2013-09-05T13:25:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/documentation-error-regarding-the-location-of-gradle-properties-file/704/1 "2013-09-05T13:25:00Z")

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In the user guide I read:

> 20.2. Accessing the web via a proxy \> Configuring an HTTP proxy (for example for downloading dependencies) is done via standard JVM system properties. These properties \> can be set directly in the build script; for example System.setProperty(‘http.proxyHost’, ‘[www.somehost.org](http://www.somehost.org)’) for the proxy host.

> Alternatively, the properties can be specified in a gradle.properties file, either in the build’s root directory or

> _in the Gradle home directory_.

Shouldn’t this be 'in the Gradle _user_ home directory\* ?