diff --git a/core/assets/sprites/sprites2.png b/core/assets/sprites/sprites2.png
index be5442e4c7..21139d69c9 100644
Binary files a/core/assets/sprites/sprites2.png and b/core/assets/sprites/sprites2.png differ
diff --git a/desktop/build.gradle b/desktop/build.gradle
index 9cda811c00..ca984a3d2c 100644
--- a/desktop/build.gradle
+++ b/desktop/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import com.badlogicgames.packr.Packr
 import com.badlogicgames.packr.PackrConfig
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer
+import java.security.MessageDigest
+
 apply plugin: "java"
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.8
@@ -12,6 +15,27 @@ project.ext.assetsDir = new File("../core/assets")
 def enableTemplates = true
 def JDK_DIR = "$System.env.JDK_DIR"
 def ICON_DIR = new File("core/assets/icons/icon.icns")
+def spriteHashFile = new File(project.rootDir, "build/spritehash")
+
+def hashDirectory = {
+    def root = new File(project.rootDir, "core/assets-raw/sprites/")
+    MessageDigest digest = MessageDigest.getInstance("MD5")
+    ByteBuffer buffer = ByteBuffer.allocate(16)
+    def files = []
+    root.eachFileRecurse{ file ->
+        files += file
+    }
+
+    files.sort()
+
+    for(File file : files){
+        buffer.position(0)
+        buffer.putLong(file.lastModified())
+        digest.update(buffer.array())
+    }
+
+    return digest.digest().encodeHex()
+}
 
 task run(dependsOn: classes, type: JavaExec){
     main = project.mainClassName
@@ -24,6 +48,14 @@ task run(dependsOn: classes, type: JavaExec){
         jvmArgs("-XstartOnFirstThread", "-Djava.awt.headless=true")
     }
 
+    spriteHashFile.parentFile.mkdirs()
+
+    String spriteHash = hashDirectory()
+    if(spriteHashFile.exists() && spriteHashFile.text != spriteHash){
+        dependsOn ":tools:pack"
+    }
+    spriteHashFile.text = spriteHash
+
     if(project.hasProperty("args")){
         args Eval.me(project.getProperties()["args"])
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 57a7b13075..68b710ab08 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 org.gradle.daemon=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xms256m -Xmx1024m
-archash=c3020adc9f3b6180662a1b8f9f3046b9266fe012
+archash=b5b739a5e4a4eef3fee045944e220f40de0f6f85