diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 88f410b6..77ab532b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ plugins {
 
 import com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins.shadow.tasks.ShadowJar
 
-import javax.tools.ToolProvider
-
 apply plugin: 'java'
 
 repositories {
@@ -235,6 +233,7 @@ shadowJar {
     archiveBaseName = project.name
     archiveClassifier = ''
     mergeServiceFiles('reference.conf')
+    dependsOn(distTar, distZip, startScripts)
 }
 
 task localJar{ dependsOn shadowJar }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/discvrseq/Main.java b/src/main/java/com/github/discvrseq/Main.java
index c6555ab2..d80c5577 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/discvrseq/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/discvrseq/Main.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
 
     @VisibleForTesting
     protected boolean printOnlyVersion(final String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Version: " + getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
         if (args.length == 1 && ("--version".equals(args[0]) || "-v".equals(args[0]))) {
-            handleResult(getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
             return true;
         }
         return false;