diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/AggregateTransformer.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/AggregateTransformer.java
index 073a88e9b..73e0900c5 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/AggregateTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/AggregateTransformer.java
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ public class AggregateTransformer {
     public void transform() throws BuildException {
         checkOptions();
         final long t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        XalanExecutor executor = XalanExecutor.newInstance(this);
         try {
-            XalanExecutor executor = XalanExecutor.newInstance(this);
             executor.execute();
         } catch (Exception e){
             throw new BuildException("Errors while applying transformations: "
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java
index 96dd4bd7d..5bf7a9511 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/junit/XalanExecutor.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ abstract class XalanExecutor {
                 executor = (XalanExecutor) Class.forName(
                     "org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.junit.Xalan1Executor").newInstance();
             } catch (Exception xalan1missing){
-                throw new BuildException("Could not find xalan2 nor xalan1 in the classpath. Check http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j");
+                throw new BuildException("Could not find xalan2 nor xalan1 in the classpath. Check http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/");
             }
         }
         String version = getXalanVersion(procVersion);