diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_runner.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_runner.php
index 99c22833253..8d245e790de 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_runner.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_runner.php
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class CakeTestRunner extends PHPUnit_TextUI_TestRunner {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function doRun(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $suite, array $arguments = array()) {
+		if (isset($arguments['printer'])) {
+			self::$versionStringPrinted = true;
+		}
+
 		$fixture = $this->_getFixtureManager($arguments);
 		foreach ($suite->getIterator() as $test) {
 			if ($test instanceof CakeTestCase) {
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ public function doRun(PHPUnit_Framework_Test $suite, array $arguments = array())
 				$test->fixtureManager = $fixture;
 			}
 		}
+
 		$return = parent::doRun($suite, $arguments);
 		$fixture->shutdown();
 		return $return;
diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_command.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_command.php
index dd2546e8072..010095fa335 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_command.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_command.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public function __construct($loader, $params = array()) {
 		$this->_params = $params;
 
 		$this->longOptions['fixture='] = 'handleFixture';
+		$this->longOptions['output='] = 'handleReporter';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -140,4 +141,26 @@ public function run(array $argv, $exit = TRUE)
 	function handleFixture($class) {
 		$this->arguments['fixtureManager'] = $class;
 	}
+
+/**
+ * Handles output flag used to change printing on webrunner.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function handleReporter($reporter) {
+		$object = null;
+
+		$type = strtolower($reporter);
+		$coreClass = 'Cake' . ucwords($reporter) . 'Reporter';
+		$coreFile = CAKE_TESTS_LIB . 'reporter/cake_' . $type . '_reporter.php';
+
+		$appClass = $reporter . 'Reporter';
+		$appFile = APPLIBS . 'test_suite/reporter/' . $type . '_reporter.php';
+		if (include_once $coreFile) {
+			$object = new $coreClass(null, $this->_params);
+		} elseif (include_once $appFile) {
+			$object = new $appClass(null, $this->_params);
+		}
+		$this->arguments['printer'] = $object;
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_dispatcher.php b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_dispatcher.php
index 36937ed2c16..07c7cd32e9f 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_dispatcher.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/cake_test_suite_dispatcher.php
@@ -39,13 +39,6 @@ class CakeTestSuiteDispatcher {
 		'filter' => false
 	);
 
-/**
- * The classname for the TestManager being used
- *
- * @var string
- */
-	protected $_managerClass = 'TestManager';
-
 /**
  * The Instance of the Manager being used.
  *
@@ -260,9 +253,11 @@ function _parseParams() {
 				$this->_checkXdebug();
 			}
 		}
+		if (empty($this->params['plugin']) && empty($this->params['app'])) {
+			$this->params['core'] = true;
+		}
 		$this->params['baseUrl'] = $this->_baseUrl;
 		$this->params['baseDir'] = $this->_baseDir;
-		$this->getManager();
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -271,9 +266,28 @@ function _parseParams() {
  * @return void
  */
 	function _runTestCase() {
+		require_once CAKE . 'tests' . DS . 'lib' . DS . 'cake_test_suite_command.php';
+
+		$Reporter = CakeTestSuiteDispatcher::getReporter();
+
+		$commandArgs = array(
+			'case' => $this->params['case'],
+			'core' =>$this->params['core'],
+			'app' => $this->params['app'],
+			'plugin' => $this->params['plugin'],
+			'codeCoverage' => $this->params['codeCoverage'],
+			'baseUrl' => $this->_baseUrl,
+			'baseDir' => $this->_baseDir,
+		);
+		
+		$options = array(
+			'--filter', $this->params['filter'],
+			'--output', $this->params['output']
+		);
+
 		try {
-			$Reporter = CakeTestSuiteDispatcher::getReporter();
-			return $this->Manager->runTestCase($this->params['case'], $Reporter, $this->params['codeCoverage']);
+			$command = new CakeTestSuiteCommand('CakeTestLoader', $commandArgs);
+			$result = $command->run($options);
 		} catch (MissingConnectionException $exception) {
 			ob_end_clean();
 			$baseDir = $this->_baseDir;
diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_base_reporter.php b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_base_reporter.php
index 9f4b3d3ecda..e1dc5ddb7f1 100644
--- a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_base_reporter.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_base_reporter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 1.3
  * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  */
+require_once 'PHPUnit/TextUi/ResultPrinter.php';
 
 PHP_CodeCoverage_Filter::getInstance()->addFileToBlacklist(__FILE__, 'DEFAULT');
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
  * @package cake
  * @package    cake.tests.lib
  */
-class CakeBaseReporter implements PHPUnit_Framework_TestListener {
+class CakeBaseReporter extends PHPUnit_TextUI_ResultPrinter {
 
 /**
  * Time the test runs started.
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ public function baseUrl() {
 		return '';
 	}
 
+	public function printResult(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult $result) {
+		$this->paintFooter($result);
+	}
+
 	public function paintResult(PHPUnit_Framework_TestResult $result) {
 		$this->paintFooter($result);
 	}
diff --git a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
index 73d6eb8f127..012063e420c 100755
--- a/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
+++ b/cake/tests/lib/reporter/cake_html_reporter.php
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ protected function _getStackTrace(Exception $e) {
  * @param  PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite
  */
 	public function startTestSuite(PHPUnit_Framework_TestSuite $suite) {
+		echo $this->paintHeader();
 		echo '<h2>' . __('Running  %s', $suite->getName())  . '</h2>';
 	}
 }