diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 09bee90..4b90a41 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=false
 # Loom
 fabric.loom.multiProjectOptimisation=true
-# it appears that this must be false to work with neoforge/arch loom
-fabric.loom.dropNonIntermediateRootMethods=false
+# it appears that this must be true to work with neoforge/arch loom
+fabric.loom.dropNonIntermediateRootMethods=true
 loom.ignoreDependencyLoomVersionValidation=true
 # Mod Metadata
 mavenGroup=io.github.slimeistdev