diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index b846dc9..7cc6b94 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ scalaModuleSettings
 
 name                       := "scala-partest"
 
-version                    := "1.0.6-SNAPSHOT"
+version                    := "1.0.7-SNAPSHOT"
 
-scalaVersion               := "2.11.5"
+scalaVersion               := "2.11.6"
 
 scalaXmlVersion            := "1.0.3"
 
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/PartestDefaults.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/PartestDefaults.scala
index 828f74a..1cf5137 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/PartestDefaults.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/PartestDefaults.scala
@@ -2,20 +2,20 @@ package scala.tools
 package partest
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
-import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ propOrElse, propOrNone, propOrEmpty }
+import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ propOrNone => prop }
 import java.lang.Runtime.{ getRuntime => runtime }
 
 object PartestDefaults {
-  def sourcePath  = propOrElse("partest.srcdir", "files")
-  def javaCmd     = propOrElse("partest.javacmd", "java")
-  def javacCmd    = propOrElse("partest.javac_cmd", "javac")
-  def javaOpts    = propOrElse("partest.java_opts", "") // opts when running java during tests
-  def scalacOpts  = propOrElse("partest.scalac_opts", "")
+  def sourcePath  = prop("partest.srcdir")      getOrElse "files"
+  def javaCmd     = prop("partest.javacmd")     getOrElse "java"
+  def javacCmd    = prop("partest.javac_cmd")   getOrElse "javac"
+  def javaOpts    = prop("partest.java_opts")   getOrElse  ""     // opts when running java during tests
+  def scalacOpts  = prop("partest.scalac_opts") getOrElse  ""
 
-  def testBuild  = propOrNone("partest.build")
-  def errorCount = propOrElse("partest.errors", "0").toInt
-  def numThreads = propOrNone("partest.threads") map (_.toInt) getOrElse runtime.availableProcessors
-  def waitTime   = propOrNone("partest.timeout") map (Duration.apply) getOrElse Duration("4 hours")
+  def testBuild   = prop("partest.build")
+  def errorCount  = prop("partest.errors")  map (_.toInt) getOrElse 0
+  def numThreads  = prop("partest.threads") map (_.toInt) getOrElse runtime.availableProcessors
+  def waitTime    = Duration(prop("partest.timeout") getOrElse "4 hours")
 
   //def timeout     = "1200000"   // per-test timeout
 }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/DirectCompiler.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/DirectCompiler.scala
index c63feb9..393a7b9 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/DirectCompiler.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/DirectCompiler.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ package nest
 import scala.tools.nsc.{ Global, Settings, CompilerCommand, FatalError }
 import scala.tools.nsc.reporters.{ Reporter, ConsoleReporter }
 import scala.tools.nsc.util.{ FakePos, stackTraceString }
-import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ setProp, propOrEmpty }
 import scala.reflect.io.AbstractFile
 import scala.reflect.internal.util.Position
 import java.io.{ BufferedReader, PrintWriter, FileReader, Writer, FileWriter }
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/PathSettings.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/PathSettings.scala
index f20dbde..3f6e1d3 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/PathSettings.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/PathSettings.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ package nest
 
 import scala.tools.nsc.util.ClassPath
 import scala.tools.nsc.io.{ Path, File, Directory }
-import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ propOrElse, propOrNone }
+import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ propOrNone }
 import Path._
 
 /** Get current value for path settings -- these depend on the mutable `testSourcePath`.
diff --git a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
index 8190895..dc13d76 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/scala/tools/partest/nest/Runner.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import scala.io.Codec
 import scala.reflect.internal.FatalError
 import scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader
 import scala.sys.process.{ Process, ProcessLogger }
-import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ envOrElse, isWin, jdkHome, javaHome, propOrElse, propOrEmpty, setProp, versionMsg, javaVmName, javaVmVersion, javaVmInfo }
+import scala.tools.nsc.Properties.{ envOrNone, isWin, jdkHome, javaHome, propOrEmpty, setProp, versionMsg, javaVmName, javaVmVersion, javaVmInfo }
 import scala.tools.nsc.{ Settings, CompilerCommand, Global }
 import scala.tools.nsc.io.{ AbstractFile }
 import scala.tools.nsc.reporters.ConsoleReporter
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ class Runner(val testFile: File, val suiteRunner: SuiteRunner) {
 
   lazy val outDir = { outFile.mkdirs() ; outFile }
 
+  // oh boy...
+  private lazy val antLauncher = SFile(Path(envOrNone("ANT_HOME") getOrElse "/opt/ant/") / "lib/ant-launcher.jar")
+
   type RanOneTest = (Boolean, LogContext)
 
   def showCrashInfo(t: Throwable) {
@@ -293,7 +296,7 @@ class Runner(val testFile: File, val suiteRunner: SuiteRunner) {
   def gitDiff(f1: File, f2: File): Option[String] = {
     try gitRunner map { git =>
       val cmd  = s"$git diff $gitDiffOptions $f1 $f2"
-      val diff = Process(cmd).lines_!.drop(4).map(_ + "\n").mkString
+      val diff = Process(cmd).lineStream_!.drop(4).map(_ + "\n").mkString
 
       "\n" + diff
     }
@@ -510,16 +513,13 @@ class Runner(val testFile: File, val suiteRunner: SuiteRunner) {
 
   // Apache Ant 1.6 or newer
   def ant(args: Seq[String], output: File): Boolean = {
-    val antDir = Directory(envOrElse("ANT_HOME", "/opt/ant/"))
-    val antLibDir = Directory(antDir / "lib")
-    val antLauncherPath = SFile(antLibDir / "ant-launcher.jar").path
     val antOptions =
       if (NestUI._verbose) List("-verbose", "-noinput")
       else List("-noinput")
     val cmd = javaCmdPath +: (
       PartestDefaults.javaOpts.split(' ').map(_.trim).filter(_ != "") ++ Seq(
         "-classpath",
-        antLauncherPath,
+        antLauncher.path,
         "org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher"
       ) ++ antOptions ++ args
     )