diff --git a/client/Android/Studio/.gitignore b/client/Android/Studio/.gitignore
index a2dc2317b..cf04735eb 100644
--- a/client/Android/Studio/.gitignore
+++ b/client/Android/Studio/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ gen/
 # Local configuration file (sdk path, etc)
 local.properties
 
+# Local release signing configuration file
+release.properties
+
 # Windows thumbnail db
 Thumbs.db
 
diff --git a/client/Android/Studio/build.gradle b/client/Android/Studio/build.gradle
index 81ae37c3e..4047b83d6 100644
--- a/client/Android/Studio/build.gradle
+++ b/client/Android/Studio/build.gradle
@@ -1,28 +1,28 @@
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
-Properties properties = new Properties()
+Properties releaseProperties = new Properties()
 File file = new File('release.properties')
 if (file.canRead()) {
-    properties.load(new FileInputStream(file))
+    releaseProperties.load(new FileInputStream(file))
 }
    
 if (!hasProperty('RELEASE_STORE_FILE')) {
-    ext.RELEASE_STORE_FILE='nokeyfile'
+    RELEASE_STORE_FILE=releaseProperties.get('RELEASE_STORE_FILE', '~/.android/debug.keystore')
 }
 if (!hasProperty('RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS')) {
-    ext.RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=''
-}
-if (!hasProperty('RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS')) {
-    ext.RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=''
+    RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS=releaseProperties.get('RELEASE_KEY_ALIAS', 'androiddebugkey')
 }
 if (!hasProperty('RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD')) {
-    ext.RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=''
+    RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD=releaseProperties.get('RELEASE_KEY_PASSWORD', 'android')
+}
+if (!hasProperty('RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD')) {
+    RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD=releaseProperties.get('RELEASE_STORE_PASSWORD', 'android')
 }
 
 ext {
-    compileApi = properties.get('COMPILE_API', 31)
-    targetApi = properties.get('TARGET_API', 31)
-    minApi = properties.get('MIN_API', 23)
-    toolsVersion = properties.get('TOOLS_VERSION', '31.0.0')
+    compileApi = releaseProperties.get('COMPILE_API', 31)
+    targetApi = releaseProperties.get('TARGET_API', 31)
+    minApi = releaseProperties.get('MIN_API', 23)
+    toolsVersion = releaseProperties.get('TOOLS_VERSION', '31.0.0')
 
     println '----------------- Project configuration -------------------'
     println 'RELEASE_STORE_FILE: ' + RELEASE_STORE_FILE