diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 9f4e9d1..e181730 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ task stopFuseki(type: io.opencaesar.owl.fuseki.StopFusekiTask, group:"oml") {
  * A task to load an OWL catalog to a Fuseki dataset endpoint
  * @seeAlso https://github.com/opencaesar/owl-tools/blob/master/owl-load/README.md
  */
-task owlLoad(type:io.opencaesar.owl.load.OwlLoadTask, group:"oml", dependsOn: owlReason) {
+task owlLoad(type:io.opencaesar.owl.load.OwlLoadTask, group:"oml", dependsOn:[owlReason, startFuseki]) {
     inputs.files(startFuseki.outputFolderPath) // rerun when fuseki restarts
     catalogPath = file('build/owl/catalog.xml')
     endpointURL = "http://localhost:3030/$dataset".toString()