diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 0efacf44..eab246ce 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         android:networkSecurityConfig="@xml/network_security_config"
         android:supportsRtl="true"
         android:theme="@style/Theme.Readrops.SplashScreen"
-        android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
         tools:targetApi="n">
 
         <provider
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
index c82ee41f..94ced1eb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/network_security_config.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <network-security-config xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
-    <base-config>
+    <base-config
+        cleartextTrafficPermitted="true"
+        tools:ignore="InsecureBaseConfiguration">
         <trust-anchors>
             <!-- Trust preinstalled CAs -->
             <certificates src="system" />
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d9d0739e..6a4a68a2 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
 # The setting is particularly useful for tweaking memory settings.
 android.useAndroidX=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
-kapt.incremental.apt=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig=false
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
 android.nonFinalResIds=true
+android.injected.androidTest.leaveApksInstalledAfterRun=true