diff --git a/briar-android/.gitignore b/briar-android/.gitignore
index 1a6498b3f..77ff9cb0d 100644
--- a/briar-android/.gitignore
+++ b/briar-android/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 bin
 gen
 local.properties
+/Briar-alpha.apk
diff --git a/briar-android/AndroidManifest.xml b/briar-android/AndroidManifest.xml
index 779e9bdd7..e5158b9ef 100644
--- a/briar-android/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/briar-android/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	android:versionCode="1"
 	android:versionName="1.0" >
 
-	<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
+	<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="7" android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
 
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
 	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
diff --git a/briar-android/project.properties b/briar-android/project.properties
index a3ee5ab64..4ab125693 100644
--- a/briar-android/project.properties
+++ b/briar-android/project.properties
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 #proguard.config=${sdk.dir}/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt:proguard-project.txt
 
 # Project target.
-target=android-17
+target=android-19