diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8347fed29..c4c8306f1 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ mikbotPlugin {
 
 pluginPublishing {
     repositoryUrl = "https://storage.googleapis.com/mikbot-plugins"
-    targetDirectory = rootProject.file("ci-repo").toPath()
-    currentRepository = rootProject.file("ci-repo-old").toPath()
+    targetDirectory = rootProject.file("ci-repo")
+    currentRepository = rootProject.file("ci-repo-old")
     projectUrl = "https://github.com/DRSchlaubi/mikbot"
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-module.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-module.gradle.kts
index c874b9c52..078b3207d 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-module.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-module.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinCompile
 
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
-    org.jlleitschuh.gradle.ktlint
 }
 
 val experimentalAnnotations =
@@ -22,13 +21,3 @@ tasks {
 kotlin {
     jvmToolchain(20)
 }
-
-ktlint {
-    disabledRules.add("no-wildcard-imports")
-    filter {
-        exclude { element ->
-            val path = element.file.absolutePath
-            path.contains("build") || path.contains("generated") || element.isDirectory
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-publishing.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-publishing.gradle.kts
index 3027bacc2..44ba99012 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-publishing.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/mikbot-publishing.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ plugins {
 
 val sourcesJar by tasks.creating(Jar::class) {
     archiveClassifier = "sources"
-    destinationDirectory = buildDir
+    destinationDirectory = layout.buildDirectory
     from(sourceSets["main"].allSource)
 }
 
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/PatchPropertiesTask.java b/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/PatchPropertiesTask.java
index c801eaded..98925f86d 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/PatchPropertiesTask.java
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/java/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/PatchPropertiesTask.java
@@ -4,20 +4,19 @@
 import dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle.extension.ExtensionsKt;
 import dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle.extension.PluginExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask;
-import org.gradle.api.provider.Property;
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputDirectory;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public abstract class PatchPropertiesTask extends DefaultTask {
 
     @InputDirectory
-    public abstract Property<Path> getPropertiesDirectory();
+    public abstract DirectoryProperty getPropertiesDirectory();
 
     @TaskAction
     public void runTask() throws IOException {
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ public void runTask() throws IOException {
         var extension = ((PluginExtension) getProject().getExtensions()
             .getByName(ExtensionsKt.pluginExtensionName));
 
-        var file = getPropertiesDirectory().get().resolve("plugin.properties");
+        var file = getPropertiesDirectory().get().file("plugin.properties").getAsFile().toPath();
         if (!Files.exists(file)) {
             throw new IllegalStateException("File %s doesn't exist".formatted(file));
         }
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/AssembleBotTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/AssembleBotTask.kt
index df18832ba..359ad011c 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/AssembleBotTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/AssembleBotTask.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
 import kotlinx.coroutines.future.await
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.file.Directory
 import org.gradle.api.provider.ListProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip
@@ -13,7 +15,6 @@ import java.net.URI
 import java.net.http.HttpClient
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest
 import java.net.http.HttpResponse
-import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.createDirectories
 import kotlin.io.path.exists
 
@@ -45,10 +46,10 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
         .build()
 
     private val pluginSpecs = bundledPlugins.map {
-        it.map {
-            val split = it.split('@')
+        it.map { plugin ->
+            val split = plugin.split('@')
             if (split.size != 2) {
-                error("Invalid name $it, please specify as id@version ")
+                error("Invalid name $plugin, please specify as id@version ")
             }
 
             val (id, version) = split
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
     }
 
     internal fun config() {
-        destinationDirectory = project.buildDir.resolve("bot")
+        destinationDirectory = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("bot")
         archiveBaseName = "bot-${project.name}"
         archiveExtension = "zip"
 
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
             // make this lazy, so it doesn't throw at initialization
             val provider = project.provider {
                 val version = installBotTask.get().botVersionFromProject()
-                installBotTask.get().testBotFolder.resolve("bot-$version")
+                installBotTask.get().testBotFolder.get().dir("bot-$version")
             }
             from(provider)
         }
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
         }
         into(installedPluginsName) {
             pluginSpecs.get().forEach { (id, version) ->
-                val fullPath = project.pluginCache.resolve(id).resolve(version)
+                val fullPath = project.pluginCache.get().dir("$id/$version")
                 from(fullPath)
                 include("*.zip")
             }
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
             pluginReleases
                 .asSequence()
                 .mapNotNull {
-                    val destination = it.cachePath
+                    val destination = it.cachePath.asFile.toPath()
                     if (!destination.exists()) {
                         destination.parent.createDirectories()
 
@@ -169,13 +170,13 @@ abstract class AssembleBotTask : Zip() {
         }
     }
 
-    private val PluginPair.cachePath: Path
-        get() = project.pluginCache.resolve(id).resolve(version).resolve("plugin-${id}-${version}.zip")
+    private val PluginPair.cachePath: Directory
+        get() = project.pluginCache.get().dir("$id/$version/plugin-${id}-${version}.zip")
 }
 
 data class PluginPair(val id: String, val version: String, val url: String)
 
-private val Project.pluginCache: Path
-    get() = buildDir.toPath().resolve("plugin-cache")
+private val Project.pluginCache: Provider<Directory>
+    get() = layout.buildDirectory.dir("plugin-cache")
 
 
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Assembly.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Assembly.kt
index f6ad37498..6407fc9e3 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Assembly.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Assembly.kt
@@ -4,26 +4,22 @@ import dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle.extension.mikbotPluginExtension
 import dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle.extension.pluginId
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.file.DuplicatesStrategy
+import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFile
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Copy
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskContainer
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip
-import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.*
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.assign
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.register
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.repositories
 import java.net.URI
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import kotlin.io.path.name
 
 // There might be a better way of doing this, but for now I can't be bothered figuring it out
-private val Project.pluginMainFile: Path
-    get() = buildDir
-        .resolve("generated")
-        .resolve("ksp")
-        .resolve("main")
-        .resolve("resources")
-        .resolve("META-INF")
-        .resolve("plugin.properties")
-        .toPath()
+private val Project.pluginMainFile: Provider<RegularFile>
+    get() = layout.buildDirectory
+        .file("generated/ksp/main/resources/META-INF/plugin.properties")
 
 internal data class AssemblyTask(val assembleTask: TaskProvider<Zip>, val installBotTask: InstallBotTask)
 
@@ -66,7 +62,7 @@ private fun TaskContainer.createAssembleBotTask(assemblePlugin: TaskProvider<Zip
         dependsOn(assembleBot)
 
         from(zipTree(assembleBot.get().archiveFile))
-        into(buildDir.resolve("installBot"))
+        into(layout.buildDirectory.dir("installBot"))
     }
 }
 
@@ -75,12 +71,12 @@ private fun TaskContainer.createPatchPropertiesTask() =
     register<PatchPropertiesTask>("patchPluginProperties") {
         group = "mikbot-plugin"
         dependsOn("kspKotlin")
-        propertiesDirectory =
-            project
-                .mikbotPluginExtension
-                .pluginMainFileLocation
-                .getOrElse(project.pluginMainFile)
-                .parent
+        propertiesDirectory = (project
+            .mikbotPluginExtension
+            .pluginMainFileLocation
+            .orNull ?: project.pluginMainFile.get())
+            .asFile
+            .parentFile
 
 
         doFirst {
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ private fun TaskContainer.createAssemblePluginTask(jarTask: Jar) =
 
         duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.EXCLUDE
 
-        destinationDirectory = buildDir.resolve("plugin")
+        destinationDirectory = layout.buildDirectory.dir("plugin")
         archiveBaseName = "plugin-${project.pluginId}"
         archiveExtension = "zip"
 
@@ -139,8 +135,8 @@ private fun TaskContainer.createAssemblePluginTask(jarTask: Jar) =
         }
 
         into("") { // not specifying "" brakes Gradle btw
-            val file = project.mikbotPluginExtension.pluginMainFileLocation
-                .getOrElse(pluginMainFile)
+            val file = (project.mikbotPluginExtension.pluginMainFileLocation
+                .orNull ?: pluginMainFile.get()).asFile
             from(file.parent)
             include(file.name)
         }
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/BuildRepositoryExtension.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/BuildRepositoryExtension.kt
index 981c489a4..2dad9d3b9 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/BuildRepositoryExtension.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/BuildRepositoryExtension.kt
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 package dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle
 
+import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputDirectory
-import java.nio.file.Path
 
 abstract class BuildRepositoryExtension {
     /**
      * The directory to save the repository to.
      */
     @get:InputDirectory
-    abstract val targetDirectory: Property<Path>
+    abstract val targetDirectory: DirectoryProperty
 
     /**
      * Directory representing the current repository content (defaults to [targetDirectory]).
      */
     @get:InputDirectory
-    abstract val currentRepository: Property<Path>
+    abstract val currentRepository: DirectoryProperty
 
     /**
      * The URL were the repository is hosted (used for URLs in plugins.json).
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/GenerateDefaultTranslationBundleTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/GenerateDefaultTranslationBundleTask.kt
index a2c487ddc..d23e70613 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/GenerateDefaultTranslationBundleTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/GenerateDefaultTranslationBundleTask.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ abstract class GenerateDefaultTranslationBundleTask : DefaultTask() {
     fun copyBundle() {
         val sourceSets = project.extensions.getByName("sourceSets") as SourceSetContainer
         val from = sourceSets.getByName("main").resources
-        val to = project.buildDir.resolve("generated").resolve("mikbot").resolve("main").resolve("resources")
+        val to = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/mikbot/main/resources")
 
         val result = project.copy {
                 val locale = defaultLocale.orNull?.resourceBundleKey
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallBotTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallBotTask.kt
index 3094f57ef..12046435d 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallBotTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallBotTask.kt
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 package dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle
 
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
+import org.gradle.api.file.Directory
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.Path
 
 abstract class InstallBotTask : DefaultTask() {
     @get:OutputDirectory
-    internal val testBotFolder: Path
-        get() = project.buildDir.resolve("test-bot").resolve(botVersionFromProject()).toPath()
+    internal val testBotFolder: Provider<Directory>
+        get() = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("test-bot/${botVersionFromProject()}")
 
     @get:Input
     @get:Optional
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallPluginsToTestBotTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallPluginsToTestBotTask.kt
index 9789f52e5..33d7701ba 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallPluginsToTestBotTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/InstallPluginsToTestBotTask.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ abstract class InstallPluginsToTestBotTask : DefaultTask() {
         val result = project.copy {
             from(task.destinationDirectory)
             include(task.archiveFile.get().asFile.name)
-            into(project.buildDir.resolve("test-bot").resolve("plugins"))
+            into(project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("test-bot/plugins"))
         }
 
         didWork = result.didWork || deleteResult.didWork
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MakeRepositoryIndexTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MakeRepositoryIndexTask.kt
index 85d1cbf9e..f4a58eb21 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MakeRepositoryIndexTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MakeRepositoryIndexTask.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.util.*
+import kotlin.io.path.exists
 
 abstract class MakeRepositoryIndexTask : DefaultTask() {
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ abstract class MakeRepositoryIndexTask : DefaultTask() {
     @TaskAction
     fun upload() {
         val publishingExtension = project.pluginPublishingExtension
-        val pluginsPath = publishingExtension.targetDirectory.get().resolve("plugins.json")
-        val plugins = if (Files.exists(pluginsPath)) {
+        val pluginsPath = publishingExtension.targetDirectory.asPath().resolve("plugins.json")
+        val plugins = if (pluginsPath.exists()) {
             readPluginsJson(pluginsPath)
         } else {
             emptyList()
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MikBotPluginGradlePlugin.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MikBotPluginGradlePlugin.kt
index 6e6dcedbd..c231f054f 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MikBotPluginGradlePlugin.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/MikBotPluginGradlePlugin.kt
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ class MikBotPluginGradlePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                     (target.extensions.getByName("sourceSets") as SourceSetContainer).getByName("main")
                         .apply {
                             resources.srcDir(
-                                target.buildDir.resolve("generated").resolve("mikbot").resolve("main")
-                                    .resolve("resources")
+                                target.layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/mikbot/main/resources")
                             )
                         }
                 }
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ class MikBotPluginGradlePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 java {
                     val optionalKspSourceSet = mikbotPluginExtension.enableKordexProcessor.map {
                         if(it) {
-                            file("$buildDir/generated/ksp/main/kotlin/")
+                            layout.buildDirectory.dir("/generated/ksp/main/kotlin/")
                         } else {
                             fileTree("never_exists") {
                                 include { false } // include none
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Publishing.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Publishing.kt
index 9ee8e9735..a8f26d073 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Publishing.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Publishing.kt
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ internal fun Project.createPublishingTasks(assemblePluginTask: TaskProvider<Zip>
             include("*.zip")
             // providing version manually, as of weird evaluation errors
             into(
-                pluginPublishingExtension.targetDirectory.getOrElse(project.file("ci-repo").toPath())
+                pluginPublishingExtension.targetDirectory.asPathOrElse(project.file("ci-repo").toPath())
                     .resolve("${project.pluginId}/$version")
             )
 
             eachFile {
                 val parent = pluginPublishingExtension.currentRepository.getOrElse(pluginPublishingExtension.targetDirectory.get())
+                    .asPath()
+
                 val destinationPath = destinationDir.toPath()
                 val probableExistingFile =
                     parent.resolve(
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/RunBotTask.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/RunBotTask.kt
index 074500304..3037a3693 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/RunBotTask.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/RunBotTask.kt
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ abstract class RunBotTask : JavaExec() {
     private fun configureClasspath() {
         val installTask = installTask.get()
         val folder =
-            installTask.testBotFolder.resolve("bot-${installTask.botVersionFromProject()}")
-                .resolve("lib")
-        val jars = folder.listDirectoryEntries("*.jar")
+            installTask.testBotFolder.dir("bot-${installTask.botVersionFromProject()}")
+                .dir("lib")
+        val jars = folder.get().asFile.toPath().listDirectoryEntries("*.jar")
 
         classpath += objectFactory.fileCollection().from(jars)
     }
 
     private fun configureSystemProperties() {
-        systemProperties["pf4j.pluginsDir"] = project.buildDir.resolve("test-bot").resolve("plugins")
+        systemProperties["pf4j.pluginsDir"] = project.layout.buildDirectory.dir("test-bot/plugins")
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Util.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Util.kt
index 9e345d6af..af1c9d31d 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Util.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/Util.kt
@@ -8,12 +8,18 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.Dependency
 import org.gradle.api.artifacts.ProjectDependency
+import org.gradle.api.file.Directory
+import org.gradle.api.file.FileSystemLocation
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
+import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.assign
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.security.MessageDigest
 import kotlin.io.path.readBytes
+import kotlin.io.path.readText
 
-internal fun readPluginsJson(path: Path): List<PluginInfo> = Files.readString(path).run { Json.decodeFromString(this) }
+internal fun readPluginsJson(path: Path): List<PluginInfo> = path.readText().run { Json.decodeFromString(this) }
 
 internal fun List<PluginInfo>.writeTo(path: Path) {
     Files.writeString(path, Json.encodeToString(this))
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@ internal fun Project.buildDependenciesString(): String {
 }
 
 internal fun Dependency.toDependencyString(optional: Boolean = false): String {
-    val safeVersion =  version.toString().substringBefore("-SNAPSHOT")
+    val safeVersion = version.toString().substringBefore("-SNAPSHOT")
     val name = if (this is ProjectDependency) {
         dependencyProject.pluginId
     } else {
@@ -76,10 +82,8 @@ internal fun Dependency.toDependencyString(optional: Boolean = false): String {
 @Suppress("unused")
 fun Project.usePF4J() {
     extensions.configure<PluginExtension>(pluginExtensionName) {
-        ignoreDependencies.set(true)
-        pluginMainFileLocation.set(
-            buildDir.resolve("resources").resolve("main").resolve("plugin.properties").toPath()
-        )
+        ignoreDependencies = true
+        pluginMainFileLocation = layout.buildDirectory.file("resources/main/plugin.properties")
     }
 }
 
@@ -94,3 +98,8 @@ fun ByteArray.sha512Checksum(): String {
 internal fun pluginNotAppliedError(name: String): Nothing =
     error("Please make sure the $name plugin is applied before the mikbot plugin")
 
+internal fun Provider<Directory>.dir(name: String) = map { it.dir(name) }
+internal fun Provider<Directory>.file(name: String) = map { it.file(name) }
+internal fun Property<out FileSystemLocation>.asPath() = get().asFile.toPath()
+internal fun  Property<out FileSystemLocation>.asPathOrElse(other: Path) = orNull?.asFile?.toPath() ?: other
+internal fun FileSystemLocation.asPath() = asFile.toPath()
diff --git a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/extension/Extension.kt b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/extension/Extension.kt
index 297546f3f..a61d37ddb 100644
--- a/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/extension/Extension.kt
+++ b/gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/dev/schlaubi/mikbot/gradle/extension/Extension.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package dev.schlaubi.mikbot.gradle.extension
 
 import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
-import java.nio.file.Path
 
 /** Extension for configuring plugins for PF4J. */
 abstract class PluginExtension {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class PluginExtension {
      *
      * If you use the KSP processor you don't need to worry about this.
      */
-    abstract val pluginMainFileLocation: Property<Path>
+    abstract val pluginMainFileLocation: RegularFileProperty
 
     /**
      * The optional override for the projects resources bundle folder.