diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index f50be25bb..dee0cc30c 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -400,17 +400,17 @@ configurations.driver.each {File file ->
 
 task createDB<<{
     description= "Creates the Database. Needs database name to be passed (like: -PdbName=someDBname)"
-    sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
+    def sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
     sql.execute( 'create database '+"`$dbName`" )
 }
 
 task dropDB<<{
     description= "Drops the specified database. The database name has to be passed (like: -PdbName=someDBname)"
-    sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
+    def sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
     sql.execute( 'DROP DATABASE '+"`$dbName`")
 }
 task setBlankPassword<<{
-    sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
+    def sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql:thin://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.drizzle.jdbc.DrizzleDriver' )
     sql.execute('USE `mifosplatform-tenants`')
     sql.execute('UPDATE mifosplatform-tenants.tenants SET schema_server = \'localhost\', schema_server_port = \'3306\', schema_username = \'mifos\', schema_password = \'mysql\' WHERE id=1;')
 }