diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c5135a9..a0fc56a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ tasks {
 }
 
 //define rust tasks
+def jniSourcesFolder = 'src/main/java/com/codemp/intellij/jni'
+
 tasks.register('cargoBuild', Exec) {
 	workingDir '.'
 	commandLine 'cargo', 'build'
@@ -48,6 +50,12 @@ tasks.register('cargoBuild', Exec) {
 
 compileJava.dependsOn cargoBuild
 
+tasks.register('prepareJniFolder') {
+	mkdir jniSourcesFolder
+}
+
+cargoBuild.dependsOn prepareJniFolder
+
 tasks.register('cargoClean', Exec) {
 	workingDir '.'
 	commandLine 'cargo', 'clean'
@@ -55,3 +63,8 @@ tasks.register('cargoClean', Exec) {
 
 clean.dependsOn cargoClean
 
+tasks.register('deleteGeneratedNativeInterface', Delete) {
+	delete jniSourcesFolder
+}
+
+cargoClean.dependsOn deleteGeneratedNativeInterface
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