diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 03d54d228..2b4183e14 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ app_pojavlauncher/.cxx/
 /jre_lwjgl3glfw/gradle/
 /jre_lwjgl3glfw/**/build/
 /jre_lwjgl3glfw/**/.gradle/
+/app_pojavlauncher/curseforge_key.txt
diff --git a/app_pojavlauncher/build.gradle b/app_pojavlauncher/build.gradle
index bdcb1afa1..8ab58e2b9 100644
--- a/app_pojavlauncher/build.gradle
+++ b/app_pojavlauncher/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def getVersionName = {
 def getCFApiKey = {
     String key = System.getenv("CURSEFORGE_API_KEY");
     if(key != null) return key;
-    File curseforgeKeyFile = new File("./curseforge_key.txt");
+    File curseforgeKeyFile = new File("$projectDir/curseforge_key.txt");
     if(curseforgeKeyFile.canRead() && curseforgeKeyFile.isFile()) {
         return curseforgeKeyFile.text;
     }