diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ac2f12d4..e47b5916 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 .gradle/
 .settings/
+liteconfig
+.mixin.out
 bin/
 build/
 run/
diff --git a/src/main/java/WrappedGradleStart.java b/src/main/java/WrappedGradleStart.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3edbc03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/WrappedGradleStart.java
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+import java.io.File;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Strings;
+import com.mumfrey.liteloader.launch.LiteLoaderTweaker;
+import com.mumfrey.liteloader.launch.LiteLoaderTweakerServer;
+
+import net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch;
+
+// MixinBootstrap#start contains a hardcoded reference to GradleStart so we have to have it in our class name for mixins to initialise correctly.
+public class WrappedGradleStart extends GradleStart {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+        // hack natives.
+        Method m = GradleStart.class.getDeclaredMethod("hackNatives");
+        m.setAccessible(true);
+        m.invoke(null);
+
+        // launch
+        (new WrappedGradleStart()).launch(args);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getBounceClass() {
+        return "WrappedGradleStart$Start";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void preLaunch(Map<String, String> argMap, List<String> extras) {
+        super.preLaunch(argMap, extras);
+    }
+
+    public static class Start {
+        public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
+            System.setProperty("mcpenv", "true");
+            Launch.main(processArgs(args));
+        }
+
+        private static String[] processArgs(String[] args) {
+            File gameDir = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir"));
+
+            Args arguments = new Args(args);
+
+            if (arguments.contains("server")) {
+                arguments
+                    .add("--tweakClass", LiteLoaderTweakerServer.class.getName())
+                    .put("--version", "mcp")
+                    .put("--gameDir", gameDir.getAbsolutePath());
+            } else {
+                arguments
+                    .add("--tweakClass", LiteLoaderTweaker.class.getName())
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--username", "User" + (System.currentTimeMillis() % 20))
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--uuid", UUID.randomUUID().toString())
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--userType", "mojang")
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--userProperties", "{}")
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--version", "mcp")
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--gameDir", gameDir.getAbsolutePath())
+                    .addIfNotPresent("--assetIndex", LiteLoaderTweaker.VERSION);
+
+                File assetsDir = new File(gameDir, "assets");
+                File assetIndexDir = new File(assetsDir, "indexes");
+
+                if (assetIndexDir.exists()) {
+                    arguments.put("--assetsDir", assetsDir.getAbsolutePath());
+                } else {
+                    arguments.addIfNotPresent("--assetsDir", assetsDir.getAbsolutePath());
+                }
+            }
+
+            return arguments.toArray(args);
+        }
+    }
+
+    static class Args {
+        private final Map<String, Set<String>> qualified = new HashMap<>();
+        private final List<String> unqualified = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        public Args(String[] args) {
+            String qualifier = null;
+            for (String arg : args) {
+
+                if (arg.startsWith("-")) {
+                    if (qualifier != null) {
+                        unqualified.add(qualifier);
+                    }
+                    qualifier = arg;
+                } else if (qualifier != null) {
+                    add(qualifier, arg);
+                    qualifier = null;
+                } else {
+                    unqualified.add(arg);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public Args put(String key, String value) {
+            qualified.remove(key);
+            return add(key, value);
+        }
+
+        public Args addIfNotPresent(String key, String value) {
+            return contains(key) ? this : add(key, value);
+        }
+
+        public Args add(String key, String value) {
+            qualified.computeIfAbsent(key, s -> new HashSet<>()).add(value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public boolean contains(String key) {
+            return qualified.containsKey(key) || unqualified.contains(key);
+        }
+
+        public String[] toArray(String[] array) {
+            List<String> entries = new ArrayList<>(unqualified);
+
+            for (Entry<String, Set<String>> entry : qualified.entrySet()) {
+                for (String value : entry.getValue()) {
+                    entries.add(entry.getKey());
+                    if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(value)) {
+                        entries.add(value);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return entries.toArray(array);
+        }
+    }
+}