diff --git a/android/build.gradle.kts b/android/build.gradle.kts
index 1fac040..f78e11b 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 plugins {
-    id("com.android.application") version "8.7.3" apply false
+    id("com.android.application") version "8.13.2" apply false
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.android") version "2.0.21" apply false
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.compose") version "2.0.21" apply false
     id("org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization") version "2.0.21" apply false
diff --git a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 09523c0..37f853b 100644
--- a/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.9-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.13-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/tasks.org b/tasks.org
index e4d76a1..14130f8 100644
--- a/tasks.org
+++ b/tasks.org
@@ -234,12 +234,14 @@ CaptureScreen.kt uses LaunchedEffect(Unit) { focusRequester.requestFocus() } for
 - pending captures survive app restart.
 *** notes
 CaptureEntity, CaptureDao, CaptureDatabase in data/db/. Tags stored as JSON string (kotlinx-serialization). DB name synq.db, singleton via companion object. Room persists across restarts by default.
+
 *** evidence
 - commit: 19b05a8
 - tests: manual — save a capture, force-close app, reopen and check history
 - datetime: [2026-05-18 Sun 17:00]
 
 ** DONE implement capture id generation
+
 *** acceptance
 - id format is stable and readable, e.g. `phone-yyyymmdd-hhmmss-rand`.
 - ids are generated client-side.
@@ -264,6 +266,14 @@ HistoryScreen.kt observes captureDao.observeAll() as Flow. Status colored green/
 - tests: manual — save captures, navigate to history, verify status labels and retry button
 - datetime: [2026-05-18 Sun 17:00]
 
+** DONE Checkout tests
+[2026-05-18 Mon 12:40]
+- updated Android Studio, ran Upgrade Assistant for Android Gradle Plugin to 8.13.2
+- added Pixel 8 emulator
+- ran a few fixes:
+  - `779ad6` - upped app memory to 2GB from 500MB - investigate?
+  - `7671416` - app.settings needs the SynqApp cast — same as dao. And it's unused in milestone 2 anyway, so just removed it
+
 * milestone 3: android sync
 ** TODO implement api client
 *** acceptance