diff --git a/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/DevModeOperations.java b/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/DevModeOperations.java
index 690a3290..da94a3ac 100644
--- a/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/DevModeOperations.java
+++ b/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/DevModeOperations.java
@@ -992,11 +992,40 @@ public static Path getMavenIntegrationTestReportPath(String projectPath, String
         return path1.toFile().exists() ? path1 : path2;
     }
 
-    public Path getLibertyPluginConfigXmlPath(String projectPath) {
-        Path path = Paths.get(projectPath, "target", "liberty-plugin-config.xml");
-
+    public Path getLibertyPluginConfigXmlPath(Project project) throws Exception {  	
+    	    	
+        Project serverProj = getLibertyServerProject(project);
+        String buildDir = serverProj.getBuildType() == BuildType.GRADLE ? "build" : "target";
+      
+        Path path = Paths.get(serverProj.getPath(), buildDir, "liberty-plugin-config.xml");
         return path;
     }
+    
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the liberty server module project associated with the input project.
+     * 
+     * @param project The project to process.
+     * 
+     * @return The liberty server module project associated with the input project.
+     * 
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    private Project getLibertyServerProject(Project project) throws Exception {
+        if (project.isParentOfServerModule()) {
+            List<Project> mmps = project.getChildLibertyServerProjects();
+            switch (mmps.size()) {
+                case 0:
+                    throw new Exception("Unable to find a child project that contains the Liberty server configuration.");
+                case 1:
+                    return mmps.get(0);
+                default:
+                    throw new Exception("Multiple child projects containing Liberty server configuration were found.");
+            }
+        }
+
+        return project;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Returns the path of the HTML file containing the unit test report.
diff --git a/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/debug/DebugModeHandler.java b/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/debug/DebugModeHandler.java
index cbb5abf6..b8146beb 100644
--- a/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/debug/DebugModeHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/io.openliberty.tools.eclipse.ui/src/io/openliberty/tools/eclipse/debug/DebugModeHandler.java
@@ -514,10 +514,9 @@ private void openDebugPerspective() {
      */
     private Path getServerEnvFile(Project project) throws Exception {
 
-        Project serverProj = getLibertyServerProject(project);
-        String projectPath = serverProj.getPath();
+    
 
-        Path libertyPluginConfigXmlPath = devModeOps.getLibertyPluginConfigXmlPath(projectPath);
+        Path libertyPluginConfigXmlPath = devModeOps.getLibertyPluginConfigXmlPath(project);
 
         // Read server.env path from liberty-plugin-config.xml
 
@@ -642,30 +641,6 @@ public void run() {
                 + ".  If the server starts later you might try to manually create a Remote Java Application debug configuration and attach to the server.  You can confirm the debug port used in the terminal output looking for a message like  'Liberty debug port: [ 63624 ]'.");
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the liberty server module project associated with the input project.
-     * 
-     * @param project The project to process.
-     * 
-     * @return The liberty server module project associated with the input project.
-     * 
-     * @throws Exception
-     */
-    private Project getLibertyServerProject(Project project) throws Exception {
-        if (project.isParentOfServerModule()) {
-            List<Project> mmps = project.getChildLibertyServerProjects();
-            switch (mmps.size()) {
-                case 0:
-                    throw new Exception("Unable to find a child project that contains the Liberty server configuration.");
-                case 1:
-                    return mmps.get(0);
-                default:
-                    throw new Exception("Multiple child projects containing Liberty server configuration were found.");
-            }
-        }
-
-        return project;
-    }
 
     private class DataHolder {
         boolean closed;