diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 390a0da..071c0c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ signing.keyId=<GPG_KEY_ID>
 signing.password=<GPG_KEY_PASSWORD>
 signing.secretKeyRingFile=<GPG_SECRING_LOCATION>
 
-sonatype.url=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
-sonatype.username=<SONATYPE_USERNAME>
-sonatype.password=<SONATYPE_PASSWORD>
+sonatypeUrl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/
+sonatypeUsername=<SONATYPE_USERNAME>
+sonatypePassword=<SONATYPE_PASSWORD>
 ```
 
 To deploy a new version to Maven Central, use `deploy.sh`:
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@ To deploy a new version to Maven Central, use `deploy.sh`:
 ./publish.sh <artifact version> [optional tag message]
 ```
 
-The publish script will automatically push a tag with the version name and change the version in the README.
+The `publish.sh` script will automatically push a tag with the version name and change the version in the README.
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index e721682..5c6a945 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+plugins {
+    id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "1.0.0"
+}
+
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         maven { url = uri("https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/") }
@@ -12,3 +16,20 @@ allprojects {
         mavenCentral()
     }
 }
+
+group = "com.infinum"
+version = "3.0.0"
+
+nexusPublishing {
+    repositories {
+        sonatype()
+    }
+}
+
+//do not generate extra load on Nexus with new staging repository if signing fails
+val initializeSonatypeStagingRepository by tasks.existing
+subprojects {
+    initializeSonatypeStagingRepository {
+        shouldRunAfter(tasks.withType<Sign>())
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/publish.sh b/publish.sh
index b51f80d..eda2d84 100755
--- a/publish.sh
+++ b/publish.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ set -euo pipefail;
 
 readonly SCRIPT_NAME="$(basename "$0")"
 readonly green="\e[0;32m"
+readonly red="\e[0;31m"
 readonly reset="\e[0m"
 
 if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ if [ -n "${2-}" ]; then
 fi
 
 echo -e "${green}Building and uploading release ...${reset}"
-./gradlew clean build publishLibraryPublicationToSonatypeRepository
+./gradlew clean build publishToSonatype
+
+echo -e "${green}Closing sonatype staging repository ...${reset}"
+./gradlew closeSonatypeStagingRepository
 
 echo -e "${green}Pushing version tag ...${reset}"
 git tag -a "${version}" -m "${tag_message}" && \
@@ -48,4 +52,6 @@ sed -E "s/\"com.infinum:retrofit-converter-thrifty:[\.0-9]+\"/\"com.infinum:retr
 
 # show changes so we know to commit if needed
 echo -e "${green}\nHere's the output of git status:\n${reset}"
-git status
\ No newline at end of file
+git status
+
+echo -e "${red}\n\nDON'T FORGET to release the artifact on https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories !\n${reset}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/retrofit-converter-thrifty/build.gradle.kts b/retrofit-converter-thrifty/build.gradle.kts
index 84fcc47..50b49a5 100644
--- a/retrofit-converter-thrifty/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/retrofit-converter-thrifty/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ plugins {
     id("signing")
 }
 
-group = "com.infinum"
-version = "3.0.0"
-
 java {
     withJavadocJar()
     withSourcesJar()
@@ -62,19 +59,19 @@ tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach {
 publishing {
     repositories {
         maven {
-            name = "Sonatype"
-            url = URI.create(project.property("sonatype.url") as String)
+            name = "MavenCentral"
+            url = URI.create(project.property("sonatypeUrl") as String)
             credentials {
-                username = project.property("sonatype.username") as String
-                password = project.property("sonatype.password") as String
+                username = project.property("sonatypeUsername") as String
+                password = project.property("sonatypePassword") as String
             }
         }
     }
     publications {
         create<MavenPublication>("library") {
-            groupId = project.group as String?
+            groupId = rootProject.group as String?
             artifactId = project.name
-            version = project.version as String?
+            version = rootProject.version as String?
 
             from(components["java"])