diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 8049c68..ae04661 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.5.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/noumenal/FunctionalTest.groovy b/plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/noumenal/FunctionalTest.groovy
index 10bae61..2f9802d 100644
--- a/plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/noumenal/FunctionalTest.groovy
+++ b/plugin/src/functionalTest/groovy/io/noumenal/FunctionalTest.groovy
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ class FunctionalTest extends Specification {
                     |  database = 'devops'
                     |  schema = 'gradle'
                     |  publishUrl = 's3://nio-maven-test'
-                    |version='0.1.0'
                     |}
+                    |version='0.1.0'
                     |""".stripMargin())
    }
 
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ class FunctionalTest extends Specification {
    def "snowflakePublish task"() {
       given:
       taskName = 'snowflakePublish'
-//      settingsFile << ""
-//      buildFile << """
-//                    |plugins {
-//                    |    id('io.noumenal.gradle.snowflake')
-//                    |}
-//                    |""".stripMargin()
 
       when:
       result = executeSingleTask(taskName, ['-Si'])
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/groovy/io/noumenal/SnowflakePublish.groovy b/plugin/src/main/groovy/io/noumenal/SnowflakePublish.groovy
index 087f364..3520f3a 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/groovy/io/noumenal/SnowflakePublish.groovy
+++ b/plugin/src/main/groovy/io/noumenal/SnowflakePublish.groovy
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.options.Option
 
@@ -114,6 +115,9 @@ class SnowflakePublish extends DefaultTask {
       return session
    }
 
+   @OutputFile
+   File output = project.file("${project.buildDir}/${PLUGIN}/output.txt")
+
    String getImports(Session session) {
       String basePath = "@${stage}/${extension.groupId.replace('.', '/')}/${extension.artifactId}/${project.version}"
       //log.warn "basePath: $basePath"
@@ -157,9 +161,12 @@ class SnowflakePublish extends DefaultTask {
       // create snowflake application
 
       // automatically create application spec objects
+      output.write("Snowflake Application:\n\n")
       project."$PLUGIN".applications.each { ApplicationContainer app ->
          String createText = app.getCreate(getImports(session))
-         log.warn "Deploying ==> \n$createText"
+         String message = "Deploying ==> \n$createText"
+         log.warn message
+         output.append("$message\n")
          session.jdbcConnection().createStatement().execute(createText)
       }
       session.close()
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/groovy/io/noumenal/PluginTest.groovy b/plugin/src/test/groovy/io/noumenal/PluginTest.groovy
index ee83011..bf62c3d 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/groovy/io/noumenal/PluginTest.groovy
+++ b/plugin/src/test/groovy/io/noumenal/PluginTest.groovy
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class PluginTest extends Specification {
       project.plugins.apply("io.noumenal.gradle.snowflake")
 
       then:
-      //project.tasks.findByName("snowflakePublish") != null
-      1 == 1
+      project.tasks.findByName("shadowJar") != null
    }
 }