diff --git a/misc/androidstudio/build.gradle b/misc/androidstudio/build.gradle
index 68760dc..1980001 100644
--- a/misc/androidstudio/build.gradle
+++ b/misc/androidstudio/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   website = 'https://golang.org/x/mobile'
   vcsUrl = 'https://golang.org/x/mobile'
   description = 'Plugin for gomobile projects (beta)'
-  version = '0.2.2'
+  version = '0.2.3'
 
   plugins {
     gobindPlugin {
diff --git a/misc/androidstudio/src/main/groovy/org/golang/mobile/GobindPlugin.groovy b/misc/androidstudio/src/main/groovy/org/golang/mobile/GobindPlugin.groovy
index 0721bf6..91b6b15 100644
--- a/misc/androidstudio/src/main/groovy/org/golang/mobile/GobindPlugin.groovy
+++ b/misc/androidstudio/src/main/groovy/org/golang/mobile/GobindPlugin.groovy
@@ -71,9 +71,14 @@
 
 	    paths = [findDir(gomobile), findDir(gobin), paths].flatten()
 
-	    Properties properties = new Properties()
-	    properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
-	    def androidHome = properties.getProperty('sdk.dir')
+	    def androidHome = ""
+	    try {
+		    Properties properties = new Properties()
+		    properties.load(project.rootProject.file('local.properties').newDataInputStream())
+		    androidHome = properties.getProperty('sdk.dir')
+	    } catch (all) {
+		logger.info("failed to load local.properties.")
+	    }
 	    if (!androidHome?.trim()) {
 		// fallback to ANDROID_HOME
 		androidHome = System.getenv("ANDROID_HOME")