diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+## [0.8.3] - 2018-07-04
+
+### Changed
+
+* Workaround Gradle sometimes trashing output in recent versions.
+
 ## [0.8.2] - 2018-02-27
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 import declarations using the FFI. In the style of `inline-c` for
 C and `inline-r` for calling R, `inline-java` lets you name any
 function to call inline in your code. It is implemented on top of the
-[jni][jni] and [jvm][jvm] packages.
+[jni][jni] and [jvm][jvm] packages using a [GHC Core plugin][ghc-plugins]
+to orchestrate compilation and loading of the inlined Java snippets.
 
 [jni]: jni/
 [jvm]: jvm/
+[ghc-plugins]: https://downloads.haskell.org/~ghc/8.0.2/docs/html/users_guide/extending_ghc.html#core-plugins-in-more-detail
 
 ## Example
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@
 **Requirements:**
 * the [Stack][stack] build tool (version 1.2 or above);
 * either, the [Nix][nix] package manager,
-* or, OpenJDK, Gradle and Spark (version 1.6) installed from your distro.
+* or, OpenJDK and Gradle installed from your distro.
 
 On OS X, you'll need to install the [Legacy Java SE 6][osx-java-se]
 runtime when prompted, even when using Nix.
@@ -98,11 +100,11 @@
 ## Sponsors
 
         
-[![Tweag I/O](http://i.imgur.com/0HK8X4y.png)](http://tweag.io)
+[<img src="https://www.tweag.io/img/tweag-med.png" height="65">](http://tweag.io)
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 [![LeapYear](http://i.imgur.com/t9VxRHn.png)](http://leapyear.io)
 
-inline-java is maintained by [Tweag I/O](http://tweag.io/).
+inline-java is maintained by [Tweag I/O](https://www.tweag.io/).
 
 Have questions? Need help? Tweet at
 [@tweagio](http://twitter.com/tweagio).
diff --git a/inline-java.cabal b/inline-java.cabal
--- a/inline-java.cabal
+++ b/inline-java.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                inline-java
-version:             0.8.2
+version:             0.8.3
 synopsis:            Java interop via inline Java code in Haskell modules.
 description:         Please see README.md.
 homepage:            http://github.com/tweag/inline-java#readme
diff --git a/src/Language/Java/Inline/Cabal.hs b/src/Language/Java/Inline/Cabal.hs
--- a/src/Language/Java/Inline/Cabal.hs
+++ b/src/Language/Java/Inline/Cabal.hs
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@
           , "task classpath { doLast { println sourceSets.main.compileClasspath.getAsPath() } }"
           ]
       readProcess "gradle" ["-q", "-b", buildfile, "classpath"] ""
-        -- trim trailing newlines
-        >>= return . concat . lines
+        -- Get the last line of output. Sometimes Gradle prepends garbage to the
+        -- output despite the -q flag.
+        >>= return . last . lines
 
 -- | Prepends the @CLASSPATH@ with the classpath from a Gradle build
 -- configuration.