diff --git a/gradlew.bat b/gradlew.bat
index 24467a1..ac1b06f 100644
--- a/gradlew.bat
+++ b/gradlew.bat
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 set APP_BASE_NAME=%~n0
 set APP_HOME=%DIRNAME%
 
+@rem Resolve any "." and ".." in APP_HOME to make it shorter.
+for %%i in ("%APP_HOME%") do set APP_HOME=%%~fi
+
 @rem Add default JVM options here. You can also use JAVA_OPTS and GRADLE_OPTS to pass JVM options to this script.
 set DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS="-Xmx64m" "-Xms64m"
 
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@
 
 set JAVA_EXE=java.exe
 %JAVA_EXE% -version >NUL 2>&1
-if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto init
+if "%ERRORLEVEL%" == "0" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.
@@ -51,7 +54,7 @@
 set JAVA_HOME=%JAVA_HOME:"=%
 set JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%/bin/java.exe
 
-if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto init
+if exist "%JAVA_EXE%" goto execute
 
 echo.
 echo ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: %JAVA_HOME%
@@ -61,28 +64,14 @@
 
 goto fail
 
-:init
-@rem Get command-line arguments, handling Windows variants
-
-if not "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto win9xME_args
-
-:win9xME_args
-@rem Slurp the command line arguments.
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=
-set _SKIP=2
-
-:win9xME_args_slurp
-if "x%~1" == "x" goto execute
-
-set CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
-
 :execute
 @rem Setup the command line
 
 set CLASSPATH=%APP_HOME%\gradle\wrapper\gradle-wrapper.jar
 
+
 @rem Execute Gradle
-"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+"%JAVA_EXE%" %DEFAULT_JVM_OPTS% %JAVA_OPTS% %GRADLE_OPTS% "-Dorg.gradle.appname=%APP_BASE_NAME%" -classpath "%CLASSPATH%" org.gradle.wrapper.GradleWrapperMain %*
 
 :end
 @rem End local scope for the variables with windows NT shell