diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 1284fc17f..03cd0a33e 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -490,17 +490,18 @@
             <testng outputDir="${report}/@{testtype}"
                     haltOnFailure="false" failureProperty="test.failure"
                     verbose="2"
-                    workingDir="${basedir}" 
-		    useDefaultListeners="false" listeners="org.testng.reporters.XMLReporter,org.testng.reporters.JUnitXMLReporter">
+                    workingDir="${basedir}"
+                    useDefaultListeners="false"
+                    listeners="org.testng.reporters.FailedReporter,org.testng.reporters.JUnitXMLReporter,org.broadinstitute.sting.StingTextReporter">
                 <jvmarg value="-Djava.awt.headless=true"/>
 <!--
-            <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
-            <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"/>
+                <jvmarg value="-Xdebug"/>
+                <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=5005"/>
 -->
                 <classpath>
                     <path refid="external.dependencies" />
-		    <pathelement location="${java.classes}" />
-		    <pathelement location="${queue.classes}" />
+                    <pathelement location="${java.classes}" />
+                    <pathelement location="${queue.classes}" />
                     <pathelement location="${java.test.classes}" />
                     <pathelement location="${queue.test.classes}" />
                 </classpath>
diff --git a/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/StingTextReporter.java b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/StingTextReporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..786ffd7aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/StingTextReporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package org.broadinstitute.sting;
+
+import org.testng.reporters.TextReporter;
+
+/**
+ * HACK: Create a variant of the TestNG TextReporter that can be run with no
+ *       arguments, and can therefore be added to the TestNG listener list.
+ *
+ * @author hanna
+ * @version 0.1
+ */
+public class StingTextReporter extends TextReporter {
+    public StingTextReporter() {
+        super("Ant suite",2);
+    }
+}