diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 9a9e65f4..f13a79dc 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -215,66 +215,3 @@ dependencies {
     // no kotlin!
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.7.20"
 }
-
-// run with: ./gradlew checkLanguages
-task checkLanguages {
-
-    // TODO Feeder has a better version of this, but you need to change the locales code. See:
-    //  https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder/-/blob/master/app/build.gradle.kts#L344
-
-    group 'NoNonsenseNotes custom tasks'
-    description 'Ensure all languages in res/values-*/strings.xml are selectable in the spinner'
-
-    var readFromFolders = () -> {
-        // Read res/values/ folders, add their codes to localesInFolders
-        File resDir = new File(projectDir, "src/main/res")
-        FileFilter theFilter = (file) -> file.name.toLowerCase().startsWith("values")
-        File[] dirs = resDir.listFiles(theFilter)
-
-        var localesInFolders = new ArrayList<String>()
-        for (File valueFolder : dirs) {
-            // exclude folders like 'values-600dp' which don't represent languages
-            if (valueFolder.name.contains("0dp")) continue
-            if (valueFolder.name.contains("values-land")) continue
-
-            String localeCode = valueFolder.name.replace("values-", "")
-            localesInFolders.add(localeCode)
-        }
-        return localesInFolders
-    }
-
-    var readFromXML = () -> {
-        // read the language list in arrays.xml
-        File arrFile = new File(projectDir, "src/main/res/values/arrays.xml")
-        var reader = new FileReader(arrFile.absolutePath)
-        String xmlText = reader.text
-        reader.close()
-
-        // locate where the "translated_langs" array is
-        int posBegin = xmlText.indexOf("<string-array name=\"translated_langs\" tools:ignore=\"MissingTranslation\">")
-        int posEnd = xmlText.indexOf("</string-array>", posBegin)
-        String onlyLangArray = xmlText.substring(posBegin, posEnd)
-
-        // add locale codes to localesInXML
-        var localesInXML = new ArrayList<String>()
-        for (String line : onlyLangArray.split('\n')) {
-            if (!line.contains("<item>")) continue
-
-            String localeCode = line.replace("<item>", "").replace("</item>", "")
-            localesInXML.add(localeCode)
-        }
-
-        return localesInXML
-    }
-
-    doLast {
-        // actually run the task
-        var listDir = readFromFolders()
-        var listXML = readFromXML()
-        if (listDir.size != listXML.size) {
-            String errMsg = "Outdated translation: XML element has " + listXML.size
-            errMsg += " locales, but the values-* folders are " + listDir.size
-            throw new GradleException(errMsg)
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8a5ef916..902077e3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -39,4 +39,7 @@ allprojects {
         options.incremental = true
         options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+// import our custom gradle tasks
+apply from: 'customTasks.gradle'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/customTasks.gradle b/customTasks.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5002575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/customTasks.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+// custom tasks for gradle
+
+// run with: ./gradlew checkLanguages
+task checkLanguages {
+
+    // TODO Feeder has a better version of this, but you need to change the locales code. See:
+    //  https://gitlab.com/spacecowboy/Feeder/-/blob/master/app/build.gradle.kts#L344
+
+    group 'NoNonsenseNotes custom tasks'
+    description 'Ensure all languages in res/values-*/strings.xml are selectable in the spinner'
+
+    var readFromFolders = () -> {
+        // Read res/values/ folders, add their codes to localesInFolders
+        File resDir = new File(projectDir, "app/src/main/res")
+        FileFilter theFilter = (file) -> file.name.toLowerCase().startsWith("values")
+        File[] dirs = resDir.listFiles(theFilter)
+
+        var localesInFolders = new ArrayList<String>()
+        for (File valueFolder : dirs) {
+            // exclude folders like 'values-600dp' which don't represent languages
+            if (valueFolder.name.contains("0dp")) continue
+            if (valueFolder.name.contains("values-land")) continue
+
+            String localeCode = valueFolder.name.replace("values-", "")
+            localesInFolders.add(localeCode)
+        }
+        return localesInFolders
+    }
+
+    var readFromXML = () -> {
+        // read the language list in arrays.xml
+        File arrFile = new File(projectDir, "app/src/main/res/values/arrays.xml")
+        var reader = new FileReader(arrFile.absolutePath)
+        String xmlText = reader.text
+        reader.close()
+
+        // locate where the "translated_langs" array is
+        int posBegin = xmlText.indexOf("<string-array name=\"translated_langs\" tools:ignore=\"MissingTranslation\">")
+        int posEnd = xmlText.indexOf("</string-array>", posBegin)
+        String onlyLangArray = xmlText.substring(posBegin, posEnd)
+
+        // add locale codes to localesInXML
+        var localesInXML = new ArrayList<String>()
+        for (String line : onlyLangArray.split('\n')) {
+            if (!line.contains("<item>")) continue
+
+            String localeCode = line.replace("<item>", "").replace("</item>", "")
+            localesInXML.add(localeCode)
+        }
+
+        return localesInXML
+    }
+
+    doLast {
+        // actually run the task
+        var listDir = readFromFolders()
+        var listXML = readFromXML()
+        if (listDir.size != listXML.size) {
+            String errMsg = "Outdated translation: XML element has " + listXML.size
+            errMsg += " locales, but the values-* folders are " + listDir.size
+            throw new GradleException(errMsg)
+        }
+    }
+}