diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 8f0f60b85..312692ac1 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -193,7 +193,9 @@ task integrationTest(type: Test) {
     finalizedBy 'dockerStop'
     testClassesDirs = sourceSets.integrationTest.output.classesDirs
     classpath = sourceSets.integrationTest.runtimeClasspath
-    systemProperties = ['webdriver.gecko.driver': 'C:\\Users\\jj-unicon\\Downloads\\geckodriver-v0.21.0-win64\\geckodriver.exe']
+    if (project.hasProperty('webdriver.gecko.driver')) {
+        systemProperties['webdriver.gecko.driver'] = project.'webdriver.gecko.driver'
+    }
 }
 
 task generateSources {
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 60c4a518e..7342acf94 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@ hibernate.version=5.2.11.Final
 lucene.version=7.2.1
 
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit
+
+# this should be set in your own global gradle.properties file
+webdriver.gecko.driver=