diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ec2738b5e402e3bb8403cdeb95c93914e1e3dedf..3e8527a9985dd98a204fc5945c49f877b3225674 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -13,5 +13,8 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         google()
+        flatDir {
+            dirs 'libs'
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/sampletorapp/build.gradle b/sampletorapp/build.gradle
index 8f7ab556b38086211c9fd2d4e44d525bb74ff22c..2ea7b7f824b9d677ac3ab69e39a3d9b44f1344c9 100644
--- a/sampletorapp/build.gradle
+++ b/sampletorapp/build.gradle
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ android {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation 'info.guardianproject:tor-android:0.4.6.7'
+//    implementation (name:'tor-android-binary-release',ext:'aar') //use this if you want to test your local AAR build
     implementation 'info.guardianproject:jtorctl:0.4.5.7'
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.0.0'
 }