diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6615dc5..6be6ce1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@ dockerCompose {
 //    dockerComposeStopTimeout = java.time.Duration.ofSeconds(20) // time before docker-compose sends SIGTERM to the running containers after the composeDown task has been started
 //    environment.put 'BACKEND_ADDRESS', '192.168.1.100' // environment variables to be used when calling 'docker-compose', e.g. for substitution in compose file
 }
-
+composeBuild.dependsOn shadowJar
 dockerCompose.isRequiredBy(test)
 
-
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
     maven {