diff --git a/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle b/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
index 4bbb054634..e0e6647690 100644
--- a/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
+++ b/bin/templates/project/app/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ext {
     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvBuildMultipleApks')) {
         cdvBuildMultipleApks = null
     }
-    // Whether to append a 0 "abi digit" to versionCode when only a single APK is build 
+    // Whether to append a 0 "abi digit" to versionCode when only a single APK is build
     if (!project.hasProperty('cdvVersionCodeForceAbiDigit')) {
         cdvVersionCodeForceAbiDigit = null
     }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ if (ext.cdvReleaseSigningPropertiesFile == null && file('../release-signing.prop
 // Cast to appropriate types.
 ext.cdvBuildMultipleApks = cdvBuildMultipleApks == null ? false : cdvBuildMultipleApks.toBoolean();
 ext.cdvVersionCodeForceAbiDigit = cdvVersionCodeForceAbiDigit == null ? false : cdvVersionCodeForceAbiDigit.toBoolean();
-ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? null : defaultMinSdkVersion
+ext.cdvMinSdkVersion = cdvMinSdkVersion == null ? defaultMinSdkVersion : cdvMinSdkVersion
 ext.cdvVersionCode = cdvVersionCode == null ? null : Integer.parseInt('' + cdvVersionCode)
 
 def computeBuildTargetName(debugBuild) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ android {
     buildToolsVersion cdvBuildToolsVersion
 
     //This code exists for Crosswalk and other Native APIs.
-    //By default, we multiply the existing version code in the Android Manifest by 10 and 
+    //By default, we multiply the existing version code in the Android Manifest by 10 and
     //add a number for each architecture.  If you are not using Crosswalk or SQLite, you can
     //ignore this chunk of code, and your version codes will be respected.