diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
index 064569806..11c3aaac5 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.gradle
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ clean.dependsOn cleanExtractKawa
 import org.ajoberstar.gradle.git.tasks.*
 
 task getKawaChess(type: GitClone) {
-        def destination = file("$temporaryDir/kawachess")
+        def destination = file("kawa-chess")
         uri = "https://github.com/ttu-fpclub/kawa-chess"
         destinationPath = destination
         bare = false
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ task getKawaChess(type: GitClone) {
 }
 
 task compileChessFiles(type: JavaExec) {
-        def kawaImg = file('kawa-chess/img.scm')
+	workingDir = file('kawa-chess')
+
+	def kawaImg = file('kawa-chess/img.scm')
 	def kawaPos = file('kawa-chess/pos.scm')
 	def kawaChess = file('kawa-chess/chess.scm')
 	def kawaGui = file('kawa-chess/gui.scm')
@@ -69,8 +71,6 @@ task compileChessFiles(type: JavaExec) {
 	inputs.file kawaJar
 	classpath kawaJar
 
-	workingDir = file('kawa-chess')
-
 	main 'kawa.repl'
 	args '-C', kawaImg, kawaPos, kawaChess, kawaGui
 }
@@ -79,15 +79,15 @@ compileChessFiles.dependsOn extractKawa
 compileChessFiles.dependsOn getKawaChess
 
 task compileChessMain(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: compileChessFiles) {
+	workingDir = file("kawa-chess")
+
 	def kawaMain = file('kawa-chess/main.scm')
 	inputs.file kawaMain
 
-	def kawaJar = new File("${projectDir}/kawa.jar")
+	def kawaJar = new File("kawa.jar")
 	inputs.file kawaJar
 	classpath kawaJar
 
-	workingDir = file('kawa-chess')
-
 	main 'kawa.repl'
 	args '--main', '-C', kawaMain
 }
@@ -109,9 +109,7 @@ task compileKawaTestMain(type: JavaExec, dependsOn: extractKawa) {
 	def kawaMain = file('kawasrc/test.scm')
 	inputs.file kawaMain
 
-	workingDir = file('kawasrc')
-
-	def kawaJar = new File("${projectDir}/kawa.jar")
+	def kawaJar = new File("kawa.jar")
 	inputs.file kawaJar
 	classpath kawaJar
 
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.xml b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.xml
index 09929b2c6..54c52584e 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/build.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,9 @@
 	<target name="fetchKawa" depends="KawaPresent" unless="kawa.present">
 	  <delete dir="${temp.folder}"/>
 	  <mkdir dir="${temp.folder}"/>
-	  <get src="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/kawa/kawa-latest.zip" dest="${temp.folder}/kawa.zip"/>
+	  <exec executable="wget" dir="${temp.folder}">
+	    <arg line="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/kawa/kawa-latest.zip"/>
+	  </exec>	
 	  <unzip src="${temp.folder}/kawa.zip" dest="${plugin.destination}"/>
 	  <delete dir="${temp.folder}"/>
 	</target>
diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/kawasrc/test.scm b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/kawasrc/test.scm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8a963dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.core.testdata/kawasrc/test.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+(define (doit op args)
+  (apply op args))
+
+(define plusish
+  (lambda args
+    (if (= (length args) 1)
+	(car args)
+	(+ (car args) (plusish (cdr args))))))
+
+(write (doit plusish (list 3 4 5)))