diff --git a/src/docTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/docTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest.groovy
index badc5f36..86fe8bd1 100644
--- a/src/docTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/docTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ class InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest extends Specification {
 
         then:
         distributionArchives(sample.dir)*.containsDescendants(
-                "main/README.md",
-                "main/bin/runPlayBinaryAsUser.sh"
+                "custom-distribution/README.md",
+                "custom-distribution/bin/runPlayBinaryAsUser.sh"
         )
 
         where:
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class InDepthUserGuideSamplesIntegrationTest extends Specification {
     }
 
     List<ArchiveTestFixture> distributionArchives(File sampleDir) {
-        [new ZipTestFixture(new File(sampleDir, "build/distributions/main.zip")),
-         new TarTestFixture(new File(sampleDir, "build/distributions/main.tar"))]
+        [new ZipTestFixture(new File(sampleDir, "build/distributions/custom-distribution.zip")),
+         new TarTestFixture(new File(sampleDir, "build/distributions/custom-distribution.tar"))]
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest.groovy
index 17719e41..6ce001ef 100644
--- a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ abstract class PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest extends PlayMultiVersi
     }
 
     List<ArchiveTestFixture> archives() {
-        [ zip("build/distributions/main.zip"), tar("build/distributions/main.tar") ]
+        [ zip("build/distributions/${playApp.name}.zip"), tar("build/distributions/${playApp.name}.tar") ]
     }
     void verifyArchives() {
         archives()*.containsDescendants(
-                "main/lib/${playApp.name}.jar",
-                "main/lib/${playApp.name}-assets.jar",
-                "main/bin/main",
-                "main/bin/main.bat",
-                "main/conf/application.conf",
-                "main/README")
+                "${playApp.name}/lib/${playApp.name}.jar",
+                "${playApp.name}/lib/${playApp.name}-assets.jar",
+                "${playApp.name}/bin/main",
+                "${playApp.name}/bin/main.bat",
+                "${playApp.name}/conf/application.conf",
+                "${playApp.name}/README")
     }
 
     void verifyStagedFiles() {
-        File stageMainDir = file("build/stage/main")
+        File stageMainDir = file("build/stage/${playApp.name}")
         [
             "lib/${playApp.name}.jar",
             "lib/${playApp.name}-assets.jar",
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ abstract class PlayDistributionApplicationIntegrationTest extends PlayMultiVersi
         // Verify that the Class-Path attribute contains the correct runtime classpath
         def classpath = mainJar.manifest.mainAttributes.getValue("Class-Path")
         def classpathAsFilenames = Arrays.asList(classpath.split(" "))
-        def dependencies = file("build/stage/main/lib/").listFiles().collect { it.name } - [ mainJar.file.name ]
+        def dependencies = file("build/stage/${playApp.name}/lib/").listFiles().collect { it.name } - [ mainJar.file.name ]
         assert dependencies.size() == classpathAsFilenames.size()
         assert classpathAsFilenames.containsAll(dependencies)
     }
diff --git a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/advanced/PlayDistributionAdvancedAppIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/advanced/PlayDistributionAdvancedAppIntegrationTest.groovy
index b8913c99..d97a559f 100644
--- a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/advanced/PlayDistributionAdvancedAppIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/application/advanced/PlayDistributionAdvancedAppIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ class PlayDistributionAdvancedAppIntegrationTest extends PlayDistributionApplica
         super.verifyArchives()
 
         archives()*.containsDescendants(
-                "main/conf/jva.routes",
-                "main/conf/scala.routes")
+                "${playApp.name}/conf/jva.routes",
+                "${playApp.name}/conf/scala.routes")
     }
 
     @Override
     void verifyStagedFiles() {
         super.verifyStagedFiles()
 
-        File stageMainDir = file("build/stage/main")
+        File stageMainDir = file("build/stage/${playApp.name}")
         [
             "conf/jva.routes",
             "conf/scala.routes"
diff --git a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/tasks/DistributionZipIntegrationTest.groovy b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/tasks/DistributionZipIntegrationTest.groovy
index 277420d9..28b9a66a 100644
--- a/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/tasks/DistributionZipIntegrationTest.groovy
+++ b/src/integTest/groovy/org/gradle/playframework/tasks/DistributionZipIntegrationTest.groovy
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ class DistributionZipIntegrationTest extends AbstractIntegrationTest {
         build "dist"
 
         then:
-        zip("build/distributions/main.zip").containsDescendants("main/additionalFile.txt")
+        zip("build/distributions/dist-play-app.zip").containsDescendants("dist-play-app/additionalFile.txt")
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gradle/playframework/plugins/PlayDistributionPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/gradle/playframework/plugins/PlayDistributionPlugin.java
index f4685580..4ed3ef8b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gradle/playframework/plugins/PlayDistributionPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gradle/playframework/plugins/PlayDistributionPlugin.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ private void createDistributionZipTasks(Project project, Distribution distributi
         final String capitalizedDistName = capitalizeDistributionName(distribution.getName());
         final String stageTaskName = "stage" + capitalizedDistName + "Dist";
         final File stageDir = new File(project.getBuildDir(), "stage");
-        final String baseName = (distribution.getBaseName() != null && "".equals(distribution.getBaseName())) ? distribution.getBaseName() : distribution.getName();
+        final String baseName = (distribution.getBaseName() != null && !distribution.getBaseName().isEmpty()) ? distribution.getBaseName() : distribution.getName();
 
         TaskProvider<Sync> stageSyncTask = project.getTasks().register(stageTaskName, Sync.class, sync -> {
             sync.setDescription("Copies the '" + distribution.getName() + "' distribution to a staging directory.");