diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ant/tasks/GitCloneTaskTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ant/tasks/GitCloneTaskTest.java
index c7b949c25..760d0dce6 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ant/tasks/GitCloneTaskTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.ant.test/src/org/eclipse/jgit/ant/tasks/GitCloneTaskTest.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ package org.eclipse.jgit.ant.tasks;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException;
 import org.apache.tools.ant.DefaultLogger;
@@ -60,13 +61,17 @@ public class GitCloneTaskTest extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 
 	private GitCloneTask task;
 	private Project project;
+	private File dest;
 
 	@Before
-	public void before() {
+	public void before() throws IOException {
 		project = new Project();
+		project.init();
 		enableLogging();
 		project.addTaskDefinition("git-clone", GitCloneTask.class);
 		task = (GitCloneTask) project.createTask("git-clone");
+		dest = createTempFile();
+		task.setDest(dest);
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = BuildException.class)
@@ -97,8 +102,6 @@ public class GitCloneTaskTest extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		FileRepository repo = createBareRepository();
 		File directory = repo.getDirectory();
 		task.setUri("file://" + directory);
-		File dest = createTempFile();
-		task.setDest(dest);
 		task.execute();
 
 		assertTrue(RepositoryCache.FileKey.isGitRepository(new File(dest, ".git"), FS.DETECTED));
@@ -110,8 +113,6 @@ public class GitCloneTaskTest extends LocalDiskRepositoryTestCase {
 		File directory = repo.getDirectory();
 		task.setUri("file://" + directory);
 		task.setBare(true);
-		File dest = createTempFile();
-		task.setDest(dest);
 		task.execute();
 
 		assertTrue(RepositoryCache.FileKey.isGitRepository(dest, FS.DETECTED));