diff --git a/binder/postBuild b/binder/postBuild
index bdaede8c0cf8ad5e862d080cb8870efa8c63ca7f..6efaccdc38e3957f8a000d483516b12c6761f262 100755
--- a/binder/postBuild
+++ b/binder/postBuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 set -o verbose
 
-GRADLE_USER_HOME="${PWD}/.gradle" ./gradlew shadowJar
+GRADLE_USER_HOME="${PWD}/.gradle" ./gradlew --no-daemon shadowJar
 java -jar build/libs/prob2-jupyter-kernel-*-all.jar install --user
 # Remove no longer needed files to reduce size of image.
 rm -r .gradle/ build/ releases/