diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 6e7c036..ce48b23 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3072m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryErro
 # This option should only be used with decoupled projects. More details, visit
 # http://www.gradle.org/docs/current/userguide/multi_project_builds.html#sec:decoupled_projects
 # org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+# Disable daemon since we're only running within a container
+org.gradle.daemon=false