diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 132d87a51..c1ea64ec8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
-#      Not sure why this is needed, per a support issue (https://github.com/gradle/gradle-build-action/issues/517) it should not
+# Not sure why this is needed, per a support issue (https://github.com/gradle/gradle-build-action/issues/517) it should not
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
       - name: Execute Gradle build
-        run: ./gradlew clean serializeEnginesDist build dist
+        run: ./gradlew clean build dist
+# If wanting to serialize all the engines during build
+#        run: ./gradlew clean serializeEnginesDist build dist
       - name: Upload build reports
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f3d9a9c3..6aea691e3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 /core/build
 /core/tmp
 /core/misc
-/core/src/main/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser
 /core/src/main/resources/ReleaseNotes.md
 /core/src/test/resources/ReleaseNotes.md
 
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 550b4586a..0b32c4af7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jdk:
   - oraclejdk13
  
 script:
-  - gradlew clean serializeEnginesDist build dist
+  - gradlew clean build dist
 
 notifications:
     webhooks: https://www.travisbuddy.com/
diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 34ac64462..cf9bc413a 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ tasks.register('serializeEnginesExecuteDist', JavaExec) {
         println "...serializeEnginesExecuteDist Completed"
     }
 }
+// Validates that the serialize engines file exists.
+tasks.register('serializeEnginesValidate') {
+    group = 'openrocket'
+    if (!project.file(serializedEnginesPath).exists()) {
+        def message = "The serialized engine file does not exist at the following location:\n${project.file(serializedEnginesPath)}.\n" +
+                "You will need to run the following from the command line in order to generate the serialized engine file:\n"
+                "% ./gradlew serializeEngines\n" +
+                "\n";
+            println message
+            throw new GradleException('Invalid serialized engine file.')
+    } else {
+        def message = "Serialized engine file found.\n\n";
+        println message
+    }
+}
 
 tasks.register('copyReadmeMain', Copy) {
     doLast {
@@ -122,9 +137,8 @@ tasks.register('copyReadmeMain', Copy) {
     }
 }
 
-//clean.dependsOn([serializeEnginesDelete])
 processResources.dependsOn([copyReadmeMain])
-//jar.dependsOn([serializeEnginesExecute])
+processResources.dependsOn([serializeEnginesValidate])
 
 // https://docs.gradle.org/7.4/userguide/cross_project_publications.html
 tasks.register('testCoreArtifactsJar', Jar) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser b/core/src/main/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f32e4c69d
Binary files /dev/null and b/core/src/main/resources/datafiles/thrustcurves/thrustcurves.ser differ
diff --git a/swing/build.gradle b/swing/build.gradle
index 66eee7923..62f6cd245 100644
--- a/swing/build.gradle
+++ b/swing/build.gradle
@@ -92,30 +92,25 @@ tasks.register('externalComponentsValidate') {
     def externalResourceComponents = './resources-src/datafiles/components-dbcook/orc';
     def git = '../.git';
     if (!project.file(externalResourceComponents).exists()) {
-        println "found: ${project.file(externalResourceComponents)}"
-        def message = "The component database is now a submodule, and must be included into\n" +
-                "this project to compile and run the app.\n" +
-                "\n";
+//        println "found: ${project.file(externalResourceComponents)}"
+        def message = "The component database is now a submodule, and must be included into " +
+            "this project to compile and run the app.\n" +
+            "\n";
         if (project.file(git).exists()) {
-            message +=
-                    "If you retrieved this code by cloning the openrocket repository, \n" +
-                    "the Gradle build will initialize the submodule if missing.\n" +
-                    "\n" +
-                    "You can also manually initialize and update the submodule from the \n" +
-                    "command line\n" +
-                    "% git submodule init\n" +
-                    "% git submodule update --remote\n" +
-                    "\n";
+            message +="If you retrieved this code by cloning the openrocket repository, " +
+                "the Gradle build will initialize the submodule if missing.\n" +
+                "\n" +
+                "You can also manually initialize and update the submodule from the command line\n" +
+                "% git submodule init\n" +
+                "% git submodule update --remote\n" +
+                "\n";
             println message
             dependsOn subModuleUpdate
         } else {
-            message +=
-                    "If you retrieved this code by downloading and uncompressing a zip file,\n" +
-                    "Download the code\n" +
-                    "from https://github.com/dbcook/openrocket-database and uncompress it.\n" +
-                    "Copy the files and directories under openrocket-database-master\n" +
-                    "into ''./swing/${externalResourceComponents}''\n" +
-                    "\n";
+            message += "If you retrieved this code by downloading and uncompressing a zip file,\n" +
+                "Download the code from https://github.com/dbcook/openrocket-database and uncompress it.\n" +
+                "Copy the files and directories under openrocket-database-master into ''./swing/${externalResourceComponents}''\n" +
+                "\n";
             println message
             throw new GradleException('Invalid external component resources.')
         }