moving tasks up
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 19234dc..6259114 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -89,6 +89,29 @@
 
 }
 
+// ------------- PlaceHolders ----------------
+
+task updateDocker (type: Exec) {
+    commandLine 'sudo', 'utils/enable-remote-docker-registry', "$targetReg"
+}
+
+task prime {
+    // TODO this is a place-holder.
+    dependsOn updateDocker
+    doFirst {
+        println "Using deployment config: $deployConfig"
+        File configFile = new File(deployConfig)
+        def yaml = new Yaml()
+        def config = yaml.load(configFile.newReader())
+        println "Config: $config"
+        println "Access some data in config:\n\tSeed server IP=${config.seedServer.ip}"
+    }
+}
+
+task buildImages
+
+// ---------------- Useful tasks ----------------
+
 task fetchUpstreamImages {
     comps.each { name, spec -> if (spec.type == 'image') { dependsOn "fetch" + name } }
 }
@@ -135,23 +158,3 @@
     dependsOn deploy
 }
 
-// ------------- PlaceHolders ----------------
-
-task updateDocker (type: Exec) {
-    commandLine 'sudo', 'utils/enable-remote-docker-registry', "$targetReg"
-}
-
-task prime {
-    // TODO this is a place-holder.
-    dependsOn updateDocker
-    doFirst {
-        println "Using deployment config: $deployConfig"
-        File configFile = new File(deployConfig)
-        def yaml = new Yaml()
-        def config = yaml.load(configFile.newReader())
-        println "Config: $config"
-        println "Access some data in config:\n\tSeed server IP=${config.seedServer.ip}"
-    }
-}
-
-task buildImages