diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa51771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+.project
+.settings/
+.classpath
+bin/
+
diff --git a/org.scala-ide.sdt.scalatest/src/scala/tools/eclipse/scalatest/launching/ScalaTestLauncher.scala b/org.scala-ide.sdt.scalatest/src/scala/tools/eclipse/scalatest/launching/ScalaTestLauncher.scala
index 6595b35..f5fdb91 100644
--- a/org.scala-ide.sdt.scalatest/src/scala/tools/eclipse/scalatest/launching/ScalaTestLauncher.scala
+++ b/org.scala-ide.sdt.scalatest/src/scala/tools/eclipse/scalatest/launching/ScalaTestLauncher.scala
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ object ScalaTestLauncher {
     try {
       val cpFilePath = args(0)
       val classpath = Source.fromFile(args(0)).getLines()
-    
-      val loader = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader
-      val method= classOf[URLClassLoader].getDeclaredMethod("addURL", classOf[URL]); //$NON-NLS-1$
-      method.setAccessible(true);
-      classpath.foreach(cp => method.invoke(loader, new File(cp.toString).toURI.toURL))
-    
-      val runnerClass = Class.forName("org.scalatest.tools.Runner")
+
+      val urls = classpath.map { cp => new File(cp.toString).toURI.toURL }.toArray
+      val loader = new URLClassLoader(urls, ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader)
+
+      Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(loader)
+      
+      val runnerClass =  loader.loadClass("org.scalatest.tools.Runner")
       val mainMethod = runnerClass.getMethod("main", args.getClass()) //$NON-NLS-1$
       mainMethod.setAccessible(true)
       mainMethod.invoke(null, Source.fromFile(args(1)).getLines().toArray)