diff --git a/bootstrap.bat b/bootstrap.bat
index 115eb8949..c126dda4d 100755
--- a/bootstrap.bat
+++ b/bootstrap.bat
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ rem Copy all the property/manifest files into the temp directory
 echo ** BUILDING ANT DISTRIBUTION
 
 rem Build the distribution using the newly compiled classes in the temp directory
-java -classpath "%C%" org.apache.tools.ant.Main jar %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
+java -classpath "%C%" org.apache.tools.ant.Main main %1 %2 %3 %4 %5
 
 echo ** CLEANING UP BUILD DIRECTORIES
 
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 9b38c0d8e..214234b28 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ javac  -d ${CLASSDIR} ${SRCDIR}/taskdefs/*.java
 cp src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/defaults.properties ${CLASSDIR}/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs
 cp src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/parser.properties ${CLASSDIR}/org/apache/tools/ant
 
-java org.apache.tools.ant.Main jar
+java org.apache.tools.ant.Main main
 java org.apache.tools.ant.Main clean 
 
 if ! test -e bin; then mkdir bin; fi