diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4ad4f96..87ac43e 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -16,23 +16,37 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compileOnly 'com.majinnaibu.minecraft.plugins:ScoreKeeper:0.2.1-SNAPSHOT'
+    compileOnly 'com.majinnaibu.minecraft.plugins:ScoreKeeper:0.2.2-SNAPSHOT'
     compileOnly 'io.papermc.paper:paper-api:1.21.7-R0.1-SNAPSHOT'
-    compileOnly 'net.kyori:adventure-api:4.14.0' 
 
     testImplementation libs.junit.junit
 }
 
+
 group = 'com.majinnaibu.minecraft.plugins'
 version = '0.2.1-SNAPSHOT'
 description = 'MobScores'
 
 java {
     toolchain {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
+        // Paper 26.1+ requires Java 25.
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(25)
     }
 }
 
+tasks.named('wrapper') {
+    gradleVersion = '9.8.0'
+    distributionType = Wrapper.DistributionType.BIN
+    distributionBase = Wrapper.PathBase.PROJECT
+    distributionPath = '.gradle/wrapper/dists'
+    archiveBase = Wrapper.PathBase.PROJECT
+    archivePath = '.gradle/wrapper/dists'
+}
+
+tasks.named('updateDaemonJvm') {
+    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(25)
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c7b086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=true
+org.gradle.java.installations.auto-detect=false
+org.gradle.java.installations.fromEnv=JAVA_HOME
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b82aa23..d4a297e 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionBase=PROJECT
+distributionPath=.gradle/wrapper/dists
+distributionSha256Sum=bafd5ce9cfaea0fbccfdc8439a1ac42fbd4cd9c89dc9a988228d8a2639a58e6c
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.8.0-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
-zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
-zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
+zipStoreBase=PROJECT
+zipStorePath=.gradle/wrapper/dists
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index adce674..b4ed128 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'org.gradle.toolchains.foojay-resolver-convention' version '1.0.0'
+}
+
 rootProject.name = 'MobScores'
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/majinnaibu/minecraft/plugins/mobscores/MobScoresPlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/majinnaibu/minecraft/plugins/mobscores/MobScoresPlugin.java
index 28dd3cf..354e2a0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/majinnaibu/minecraft/plugins/mobscores/MobScoresPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/majinnaibu/minecraft/plugins/mobscores/MobScoresPlugin.java
@@ -137,8 +137,11 @@ public class MobScoresPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
 		for(pair = i.next(); i.hasNext(); pair = i.next()){
 			if(pair.getValue() != 0){
 				EntityType type = pair.getKey();
-				Component entityName = Component.translatable(type.translationKey());
-				sendPlayerMessage(player, entityName + " = " + pair.getValue().toString());
+				Component message = Component.translatable(type.translationKey())
+								.append(Component.text(" = "))
+								.append(Component.text(String.valueOf(pair.getValue()))
+								.color(NamedTextColor.GREEN));
+				sendPlayerMessage(player, message);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -170,6 +173,10 @@ public class MobScoresPlugin extends JavaPlugin {
         return serializable;
     }
 
+	public void sendPlayerMessage(Player player, Component message) {
+		player.sendMessage(_messagePrefix.append(message));
+	}
+
 	public void sendPlayerMessage(Player player, String message) {
 		player.sendMessage(_messagePrefix.append(Component.text(message)));
 	}
diff --git a/tools/build-plugin.sh b/tools/build-plugin.sh
index 4cc24bf..527a26f 100755
--- a/tools/build-plugin.sh
+++ b/tools/build-plugin.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,44 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -euo pipefail
 
-# Find project root (one directory above this script)
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
 
-cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+export GRADLE_USER_HOME="${GRADLE_USER_HOME:-$PROJECT_ROOT/.gradle/user-home}"
+mkdir -p "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks"
 
-./gradlew build 
\ No newline at end of file
+ensure_java_25() {
+  local version="25"
+  local os arch archive java_bin actual_home
+
+  case "$(uname -s)" in
+    Darwin) os="mac" ;;
+    Linux) os="linux" ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported OS: $(uname -s)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    arm64|aarch64) arch="aarch64" ;;
+    x86_64|amd64) arch="x64" ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+
+  java_bin=$(find "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks" -path '*/bin/java' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)
+  if [[ -z "$java_bin" ]]; then
+    echo "Downloading Temurin JDK $version into $GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks..."
+    archive="$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks/temurin-$version.tar.gz"
+    curl -fsSL "https://api.adoptium.net/v3/binary/latest/$version/ga/${os}/${arch}/jdk/hotspot/normal/eclipse" -o "$archive"
+    tar -xzf "$archive" -C "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks"
+    rm -f "$archive"
+    java_bin=$(find "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks" -path '*/bin/java' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)
+  fi
+
+  [[ -n "$java_bin" ]] || { echo "Error: could not locate installed JDK 25." >&2; exit 1; }
+  actual_home="$(dirname "$(dirname "$java_bin")")"
+  export JAVA_HOME="$actual_home"
+  export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+}
+
+ensure_java_25
+cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+./gradlew build "$@"
diff --git a/tools/deploy-plugin.sh b/tools/deploy-plugin.sh
index 403245c..5844528 100755
--- a/tools/deploy-plugin.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy-plugin.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ -z "$MINECRAFT_SERVER_PATH" ]]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-PLUGIN_JAR=$(ls -t "$PROJECT_ROOT"/build/libs/*.jar 2>/dev/null | head -n1)
+PLUGIN_JAR=$(ls -t "$PROJECT_ROOT"/build/libs/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -- '-all\.jar$' | head -n1)
 if [[ ! -f "$PLUGIN_JAR" ]]; then
   echo "Error: No plugin jar found in $PROJECT_ROOT/build/libs. Build the plugin first."
   exit 1
diff --git a/tools/publish-local.sh b/tools/publish-local.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6c6f57f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/publish-local.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+
+export GRADLE_USER_HOME="${GRADLE_USER_HOME:-$PROJECT_ROOT/.gradle/user-home}"
+mkdir -p "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks"
+
+ensure_java_25() {
+  local version="25"
+  local os arch archive java_bin actual_home
+
+  case "$(uname -s)" in
+    Darwin) os="mac" ;;
+    Linux) os="linux" ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported OS: $(uname -s)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+
+  case "$(uname -m)" in
+    arm64|aarch64) arch="aarch64" ;;
+    x86_64|amd64) arch="x64" ;;
+    *) echo "Unsupported architecture: $(uname -m)" >&2; exit 1 ;;
+  esac
+
+  java_bin=$(find "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks" -path '*/bin/java' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)
+  if [[ -z "$java_bin" ]]; then
+    echo "Downloading Temurin JDK $version into $GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks..."
+    archive="$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks/temurin-$version.tar.gz"
+    curl -fsSL "https://api.adoptium.net/v3/binary/latest/$version/ga/${os}/${arch}/jdk/hotspot/normal/eclipse" -o "$archive"
+    tar -xzf "$archive" -C "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks"
+    rm -f "$archive"
+    java_bin=$(find "$GRADLE_USER_HOME/jdks" -path '*/bin/java' -type f 2>/dev/null | head -n 1 || true)
+  fi
+
+  [[ -n "$java_bin" ]] || { echo "Error: could not locate installed JDK 25." >&2; exit 1; }
+  actual_home="$(dirname "$(dirname "$java_bin")")"
+  export JAVA_HOME="$actual_home"
+  export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
+}
+
+ensure_java_25
+cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+./gradlew publishToMavenLocal "$@"
diff --git a/tools/publish-modrinth.sh b/tools/publish-modrinth.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8c3450a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/publish-modrinth.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck source=setup-env.sh
+source "$SCRIPT_DIR/setup-env.sh"
+
+MODRINTH_TOKEN="${MODRINTH_TOKEN:-}"
+MODRINTH_PROJECT_ID="${MODRINTH_PROJECT_ID:-${MODRINTH_PROJECT_SLUG:-mob-scores}}"
+MODRINTH_VERSION="${MODRINTH_VERSION:-${VERSION:-$(grep -E '^version=' gradle.properties | head -n1 | cut -d= -f2-)}}"
+MODRINTH_CHANGELOG="${MODRINTH_CHANGELOG:-Auto release via publish-modrinth.sh}"
+MODRINTH_GAME_VERSIONS="${MODRINTH_GAME_VERSIONS:-1.21,1.21.1,1.21.2,1.21.3,1.21.4,1.21.5,1.21.6,1.21.7}"
+MODRINTH_LOADERS="${MODRINTH_LOADERS:-paper}"
+MODRINTH_FILE="${MODRINTH_FILE:-}"
+MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES="${MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES:-}"
+
+if [[ -z "$MODRINTH_TOKEN" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: MODRINTH_TOKEN is not set in $PROJECT_ROOT/.env" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z "$MODRINTH_FILE" ]]; then
+  MODRINTH_FILE=$(ls -t "$PROJECT_ROOT"/build/libs/*.jar 2>/dev/null | grep -v -- '-all\.jar$' | head -n1 || true)
+fi
+if [[ -z "$MODRINTH_FILE" || ! -f "$MODRINTH_FILE" ]]; then
+  echo "Error: no jar found for Modrinth upload. Build the project first or set MODRINTH_FILE." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+csv_to_json_array() {
+  jq -cn --arg csv "$1" '$csv | split(",") | map(gsub("^\\s+|\\s+$"; "")) | map(select(length > 0))'
+}
+MODRINTH_GAME_VERSIONS_JSON=$(csv_to_json_array "$MODRINTH_GAME_VERSIONS")
+MODRINTH_LOADERS_JSON=$(csv_to_json_array "$MODRINTH_LOADERS")
+
+if [[ -n "$MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES" ]]; then
+  MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES_ARG=(--form "dependencies=$MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES")
+else
+  MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES_ARG=()
+fi
+
+curl -fsSL \
+  -X POST "https://api.modrinth.com/v2/version" \
+  -H "Authorization: $MODRINTH_TOKEN" \
+  -F "project_id=$MODRINTH_PROJECT_ID" \
+  -F "version_number=$MODRINTH_VERSION" \
+  -F "changelog=$MODRINTH_CHANGELOG" \
+  -F "game_versions=${MODRINTH_GAME_VERSIONS_JSON}" \
+  -F "loaders=${MODRINTH_LOADERS_JSON}" \
+  -F "file=@$MODRINTH_FILE" \
+  "${MODRINTH_DEPENDENCIES_ARG[@]}" \
+  | jq .