diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index e31db384..db0ac695 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ android {
         targetSdkVersion 23
 
         renderscriptTargetApi 23
-        renderscriptSupportModeEnabled true
 
         applicationId "com.kabouzeid.gramophone"
         versionCode 80
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/imageloader/BlurProcessor.java b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/imageloader/BlurProcessor.java
index f30a3b36..93139ed3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/imageloader/BlurProcessor.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/kabouzeid/gramophone/imageloader/BlurProcessor.java
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.renderscript.Allocation;
+import android.renderscript.Element;
+import android.renderscript.RSRuntimeException;
+import android.renderscript.RenderScript;
+import android.renderscript.ScriptIntrinsicBlur;
 import android.support.annotation.FloatRange;
 import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
-import android.support.v8.renderscript.Allocation;
-import android.support.v8.renderscript.Element;
-import android.support.v8.renderscript.RSRuntimeException;
-import android.support.v8.renderscript.RenderScript;
-import android.support.v8.renderscript.ScriptIntrinsicBlur;
 
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.BuildConfig;
 import com.kabouzeid.gramophone.helper.StackBlur;
@@ -56,28 +57,30 @@ public class BlurProcessor implements BitmapProcessor {
         paint.setFlags(Paint.FILTER_BITMAP_FLAG);
         canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, paint);
 
-        try {
-            final RenderScript rs = RenderScript.create(context.getApplicationContext());
-            final Allocation input = Allocation.createFromBitmap(rs, out, Allocation.MipmapControl.MIPMAP_NONE, Allocation.USAGE_SCRIPT);
-            final Allocation output = Allocation.createTyped(rs, input.getType());
-            final ScriptIntrinsicBlur script = ScriptIntrinsicBlur.create(rs, Element.U8_4(rs));
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT > 16) {
+            try {
+                final RenderScript rs = RenderScript.create(context.getApplicationContext());
+                final Allocation input = Allocation.createFromBitmap(rs, out, Allocation.MipmapControl.MIPMAP_NONE, Allocation.USAGE_SCRIPT);
+                final Allocation output = Allocation.createTyped(rs, input.getType());
+                final ScriptIntrinsicBlur script = ScriptIntrinsicBlur.create(rs, Element.U8_4(rs));
 
-            script.setRadius(blurRadius);
-            script.setInput(input);
-            script.forEach(output);
+                script.setRadius(blurRadius);
+                script.setInput(input);
+                script.forEach(output);
 
-            output.copyTo(out);
+                output.copyTo(out);
 
-            rs.destroy();
+                rs.destroy();
 
-            return out;
+                return out;
 
-        } catch (RSRuntimeException e) {
-            // on some devices RenderScript.create() throws: android.support.v8.renderscript.RSRuntimeException: Error loading libRSSupport library
-            if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) e.printStackTrace();
-
-            return StackBlur.blur(out, blurRadius);
+            } catch (RSRuntimeException e) {
+                // on some devices RenderScript.create() throws: android.support.v8.renderscript.RSRuntimeException: Error loading libRSSupport library
+                if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) e.printStackTrace();
+            }
         }
+
+        return StackBlur.blur(out, blurRadius);
     }
 
     public static class Builder {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6c76e542..ba5f6301 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ buildscript {
         jcenter()
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:1.5.0'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0-alpha1'
         classpath 'com.github.triplet.gradle:play-publisher:1.1.3'
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 69a4e3eb..382b3953 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#Wed Apr 10 15:27:10 PDT 2013
+#Mon Nov 23 22:29:57 CET 2015
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.9-all.zip
\ No newline at end of file
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-2.8-all.zip