diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 66f2f26d..50da29d2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 
   <!-- builds the various tests -->
   <target name="tests">
-    <ant dir="tests" target="compile"/>
+    <ant dir="tests" target="test"/>
   </target>
 
   <!-- builds our distribution files (war and jar) -->
diff --git a/tests/build.xml b/tests/build.xml
index 3cfb7eee..55aeac9b 100644
--- a/tests/build.xml
+++ b/tests/build.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   <property name="junit.fork"     value="true"/>
 
   <!-- things you probably don't want to change -->
-  <property name="test.dir"   value="."/>
   <property name="src.dir"    value="src/java"/>
   <property name="deploy.dir" value="dist"/>
 
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@
   <target name="test" depends="compile" description="Run tests.">
     <taskdef name="unit" classpathref="classpath"
       classname="org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.JUnitTask"/>
-    <unit printsummary="no" haltonfailure="yes" fork="${junit.fork}">
+    <unit printsummary="off" haltonfailure="yes" fork="${junit.fork}">
       <classpath refid="classpath"/>
-      <sysproperty key="test_dir" value="${test.dir}"/>
+      <sysproperty key="test_dir" value="${basedir}"/>
       <formatter type="brief" usefile="false"/>
       <batchtest>
         <fileset dir="${src.dir}">