diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d9f5cd2ea..8e6790230 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ ext {
 //    }
 //}
 
-allprojects {
-    tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
-        enableAssertions = true // false by default
-    }
-    tasks.withType(Test) {
-        enableAssertions = true // true by default
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+//allprojects {
+//    tasks.withType(JavaExec) {
+//        enableAssertions = true // false by default
+//    }
+//    tasks.withType(Test) {
+//        enableAssertions = true // true by default
+//    }
+//}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jme3-examples/build.gradle b/jme3-examples/build.gradle
index 186a6bc2d..de1c3931c 100644
--- a/jme3-examples/build.gradle
+++ b/jme3-examples/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ if (!hasProperty('mainClass')) {
 
 task run(dependsOn: 'build', type:JavaExec) {
    main = mainClass
-   classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+   classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath   
+   if( assertions  == "true" ){
+       enableAssertions = true;
+   }
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/jme3-examples/gradle.properties b/jme3-examples/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f0993120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jme3-examples/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# When running this project we don't need javadoc to be built.
+buildJavaDoc = false
+
+# We want assertions, because this is the test project.
+assertions = true