diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d0a741bb..04148d4c 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -212,15 +212,20 @@
   </target>
 
   <!-- builds the various tests -->
-  <target name="tests">
+  <target name="tcompile">
     <ant dir="tests" target="compile"/>
   </target>
 
+  <!-- builds and runs our tests -->
+  <target name="tests">
+    <ant dir="tests" target="test"/>
+  </target>
+
   <!-- a target for rebuilding everything -->
-  <target name="all" depends="clean,prepare,compile,javadoc,tests,dist"/>
+  <target name="all" depends="clean,prepare,compile,tcompile,javadoc,dist"/>
 
   <!-- builds our distribution files (war and jar) -->
-  <target name="dist" depends="prepare,compile,procstream,tests">
+  <target name="dist" depends="prepare,compile,tcompile,procstream">
     <!-- build our various jar files -->
     <jar destfile="${deploy.dir}/${app.name}-parlor.jar">
       <fileset dir="${classes.dir}" includes="rsrc/i18n/game/**"/>