diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractsCopyTask.java b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractsCopyTask.java
index d9daf1962b..4d24486a0e 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractsCopyTask.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/plugin/ContractsCopyTask.java
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class ContractsCopyTask extends DefaultTask {
 			return;
 		}
 		if (failOnNoContracts.get() && (file == null || !file.exists() || file.listFiles().length == 0)) {
-			String path = file != null file.getAbsolutePath() : "";
+			String path = file != null ? file.getAbsolutePath() : "";
 			throw new GradleException("Contracts could not be found: [" + path
 					+ "]\nPlease make sure that the contracts were defined, or set the [failOnNoContracts] flag to [false]");
 		}