diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 11c93ec..0c1b915 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android-extensions'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-kapt'
 
-def keystorePropertiesFile = rootProject.file("keystore.properties")
-def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
-keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(keystorePropertiesFile))
-
 def fileProvider = "file_provider"
 
 android {
@@ -25,10 +21,16 @@ android {
 
     signingConfigs {
         release {
-            keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
-            keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
-            storeFile file(keystoreProperties['storeFile'])
-            storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
+            try {
+                def keystoreProperties = new Properties()
+                keystoreProperties.load(new FileInputStream(rootProject.file("keystore.properties")))
+                keyAlias keystoreProperties['keyAlias']
+                keyPassword keystoreProperties['keyPassword']
+                storeFile file(keystoreProperties['storeFile'])
+                storePassword keystoreProperties['storePassword']
+            } catch (FileNotFoundException ignored) {
+                println("keystore file not found.")
+            }
         }
     }