# I created a Gradle application that won't run correctly but running the class directly in command line works as expected

**URL:** <https://discuss.gradle.org/t/i-created-a-gradle-application-that-wont-run-correctly-but-running-the-class-directly-in-command-line-works-as-expected/1326>\
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**Created:** [March 8, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/i-created-a-gradle-application-that-wont-run-correctly-but-running-the-class-directly-in-command-line-works-as-expected/1326 "2015-03-08T19:01:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nope](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Nope)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/i-created-a-gradle-application-that-wont-run-correctly-but-running-the-class-directly-in-command-line-works-as-expected/1326/1 "2015-03-08T19:01:00Z")

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```
// Distro: ElementaryOS Luna $ uname -sr Linux 3.18.1 $ java -version java version "1.7.0_65" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.3) (7u71-2.5.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode) $ ./gradlew -v

 ------------------------------------------------------------ Gradle 2.2.1 ------------------------------------------------------------

 Build time:

2014-11-24 09:45:35 UTC Build number: none Revision:

  6fcb59c06f43a4e6b1bcb401f7686a8601a1fb4a

 Groovy:

 2.3.6 Ant:

 Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.3 compiled on December 23 2013 JVM:

 1.7.0_65 (Oracle Corporation 24.65-b04) OS:

  Linux 3.18.1 amd64
```

Here is my project: [https://github.com/CptSpaceToaster/Lightscreen](https://github.com/CptSpaceToaster/Lightscreen)

I can compile and build a project as expected using gradle, however the application pluggin fails to find the class for some reason

I was able to repeat the bug on another linux (kernel 3.18.6) box, which was running Java 8 update 40 - [http://i.imgur.com/o9rEIor.png](http://i.imgur.com/o9rEIor.png)

```
$ git clone https://github.com/CptSpaceToaster/Lightscreen.git $ cd Lightscreen // This should fail, and I don't know why $ ./gradlew --info run // But this should work $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/bin/java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.country=US -Duser.language=en -Duser.variant -cp /home/toaster/Github/Lightscreen/build/classes/main:/home/toaster/Github/Lightscreen/build/resources/main Lightscreen
```

Log: [http://pastebin.com/JF9X1VQ5](http://pastebin.com/JF9X1VQ5)

**I was NOT able to repeat this behavior on windows** Thoughts? I’m reporting this as a bug, however it may be stupid configuration on my end.

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**Author:** ![Nope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nope](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/Nope)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/i-created-a-gradle-application-that-wont-run-correctly-but-running-the-class-directly-in-command-line-works-as-expected/1326/2 "2015-03-11T04:08:00Z")

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Fixed:

Removed the following line from my build.gradle ‘’‘applicationDefaultJvmArgs = [""]’’’

Apparently, this passes in a blank argument to the JVM (maybe surrounded in quotes… maybe not) And that causes it to fail on Unix systems.

Thank you darylteo for the fix over in #gradle.