diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 22575c1..427cc61 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
+def isDirty = { ->
+    def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    exec {
+        commandLine 'git', 'status', '--porcelain'
+        standardOutput = stdout
     }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.github.townsfolk:gradle-release:1.2'
+    return stdout.toString().trim()
+}
+def getVersionName = { ->
+    def stdout = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+    exec {
+        commandLine 'git', 'describe', '--tags'
+        standardOutput = stdout
     }
+    def gitVersionName = stdout.toString().trim()
+    return isDirty() ? gitVersionName + '-SNAPSHOT' : gitVersionName
 }
+version = getVersionName()
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -19,7 +29,6 @@ ext {
 apply plugin: 'idea'
 apply plugin: 'maven'
 apply plugin: 'groovy'
-apply plugin: 'release'
 
 group 'org.scoverage'
 
@@ -31,7 +40,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     compile gradleApi()
     compile localGroovy()
-    scoverage 'org.scoverage:scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.10:0.99.5'
+    scoverage 'org.scoverage:scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11:1.0.1'
 }
 
 task groovydocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: groovydoc) {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index e6863cd..0000000
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-version=0.7-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
index a7848ef..14cc301 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageExtension.groovy
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ package org.scoverage
 
 import org.gradle.api.Action
 import org.gradle.api.Project
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ResolvedConfiguration
+import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Configuration
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.plugins.scala.ScalaPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.JavaExec
@@ -77,13 +78,14 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
             extension.dataDir.mkdirs()
             extension.reportDir.mkdirs()
 
-            ResolvedConfiguration s = t.configurations[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME].resolvedConfiguration
-            String pluginPath = s.getFirstLevelModuleDependencies().iterator().next().moduleArtifacts.iterator().next().file.absolutePath
+            Configuration configuration = t.configurations[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME]
+            File pluginFile = configuration.filter { it.name.contains('plugin') }.iterator().next()
+            FileCollection pluginDependencies = configuration.filter { it != pluginFile }
 
             t.tasks[ScoveragePlugin.COMPILE_NAME].configure {
 
 
-                List<String> plugin = ['-Xplugin:' + pluginPath]
+                List<String> plugin = ['-Xplugin:' + pluginFile.absolutePath]
                 List<String> parameters = scalaCompileOptions.additionalParameters
                 if (parameters != null) {
                     plugin.addAll(parameters)
@@ -100,19 +102,18 @@ class ScoverageExtension {
                 }
                 scalaCompileOptions.additionalParameters = plugin
                 // exclude the scala libraries that are added to enable scala version detection
-                classpath += t.configurations[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME]
+                classpath += pluginDependencies
             }
 
             t.tasks[ScoveragePlugin.TEST_NAME].configure {
                 def existingClasspath = classpath
                 classpath = t.files(t.sourceSets[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME].output.classesDir) +
-                        project.configurations[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME] +
+                        pluginDependencies +
                         existingClasspath
             }
 
             t.tasks[ScoveragePlugin.REPORT_NAME].configure {
-                classpath = project.buildscript.configurations.classpath +
-                        project.configurations[ScoveragePlugin.CONFIGURATION_NAME]
+                classpath = project.buildscript.configurations.classpath + configuration
                 main = 'org.scoverage.ScoverageReport'
                 args = [
                         extension.sources,
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.java b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.java
index 06776b7..0b623ab 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.java
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/scoverage/ScoverageReport.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import scala.collection.Set;
 import scoverage.Coverage;
 import scoverage.IOUtils;
+import scoverage.Serializer;
 import scoverage.report.CoberturaXmlWriter;
 import scoverage.report.ScoverageHtmlWriter;
 
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ public static void main(String... args) {
         File sourceDir = new File(args[0]);
         File dataDir = new File(args[1]);
         File reportDir = new File(args[2]);
+        reportDir.mkdirs();
 
-        File coverageFile = IOUtils.coverageFile(dataDir);
+        File coverageFile = Serializer.coverageFile(dataDir);
         File[] array = IOUtils.findMeasurementFiles(dataDir);
         // TODO: patch scoverage core to use a consistent collection type?
         Seq<File> measurementFiles = scala.collection.JavaConversions.asScalaBuffer(Arrays.asList(array));
 
-        Coverage coverage = IOUtils.deserialize(coverageFile);
+        Coverage coverage = Serializer.deserialize(coverageFile);
 
         Set<Object> measurements = IOUtils.invoked(measurementFiles);
         coverage.apply(measurements);
diff --git a/src/test/happyday/build.gradle b/src/test/happyday/build.gradle
index fa85c2b..5f69f1c 100644
--- a/src/test/happyday/build.gradle
+++ b/src/test/happyday/build.gradle
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    scoverage 'org.scoverage:scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11:0.99.5'
+    scoverage 'org.scoverage:scalac-scoverage-plugin_2.11:1.0.1',
+            'org.scoverage:scalac-scoverage-runtime_2.11:1.0.1'
     compile 'org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.11.0'
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.11'
 }