diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 85959f7..0a3f2a7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	<description>Simple Framework for Testing Tree Search and Monte-Carlo Go</description>
 
 	<property name="src" location="src" />
+	<property name="reports" location="reports" />
 	<property name="build" location="build" />
 	<property name="dist" location="dist" />
 	<property name="test" location="test" />
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 		<!-- Delete the ${build} and ${dist} directory trees -->
 		<delete dir="${build}" />
 		<delete dir="${dist}" />
+		<delete dir="${reports}" />
 	</target>
 
 	<target name="dist" depends="compile,copy-resources,copy-libs" description="generate the distribution">
@@ -90,16 +92,17 @@
 	<target name="init">
 		<!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile -->
 		<mkdir dir="${build}" />
+		<mkdir dir="${reports}" />
 	</target>
 		
 	<target name="test" depends="compile-test">
 		<junit haltonfailure="true">
 			<classpath refid="classpath.test" />
-			<formatter type="brief" usefile="false" />
-			<batchtest>
+			<formatter type="xml" />
+			<batchtest todir="${reports}">
 				<fileset dir="${build}" includes="**/*Test.class" />
 			</batchtest>
 		</junit>
 	</target>
 	
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>