diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 6cdf39362..1b9bc246a 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ android {
 			applicationIdSuffix = '.debug'
 		}
 		release {
-			multiDexEnabled false
+			multiDexEnabled true
 			minifyEnabled true
 			shrinkResources true
 			proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
@@ -48,11 +48,14 @@ android {
 		main.java.srcDirs += 'src/main/kotlin/'
 	}
 	compileOptions {
+		// Flag to enable support for the new language APIs
+		coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled true
+
 		sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 		targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 	}
 	kotlinOptions {
-		jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_17.toString()
+		jvmTarget = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 		freeCompilerArgs += [
 			'-opt-in=kotlin.ExperimentalStdlibApi',
 			'-opt-in=kotlinx.coroutines.ExperimentalCoroutinesApi',
@@ -81,6 +84,8 @@ afterEvaluate {
 	}
 }
 dependencies {
+	coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs_nio:2.0.3'
+
 	//noinspection GradleDependency
 	implementation('com.github.KotatsuApp:kotatsu-parsers:08eb9552d6') {
 		exclude group: 'org.json', module: 'json'