diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1d8a48d0..ed1efe37 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ android {
             minifyEnabled false
             useProguard false
         }
-        release { //keep on 'release', set to 'all' when testing to make sure proguard is not deleting important stuff
+        release { //keep on 'release' for faster builds, set to 'all' when testing to make sure proguard is not deleting important stuff
             minifyEnabled true
             useProguard true
             proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
diff --git a/proguard-rules.pro b/proguard-rules.pro
index 8d76cc04..02c0919a 100644
--- a/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 # SSHd requires mina, and mina uses reflection so some classes would get deleted
 -keep class org.apache.mina.** {*;}
+-keep class org.apache.sshd.** {*;}
 
 -keep class org.kde.kdeconnect.** {*;}