diff --git a/urchin b/urchin
index bb4516c..fe0fe29 100755
--- a/urchin
+++ b/urchin
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ recurse() {
       fi
       exit_code="$?"
       set -e
-      stop=$(date +%s)
+      finish=$(date +%s)
 
       urchin_source teardown
       if [ $exit_code -eq 0 ]; then
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ recurse() {
       result=skip
     fi
 
-    printf "${potential_test}: ${result}\n" >> "$tmp"/log
+    elapsed=$(($finish - $start))
+    printf "${potential_test}: ${result} ${elapsed} seconds\n" >> "$tmp"/log
     if $exit_on_fail && test 0 -ne $exit_code; then
       return 1
     fi
@@ -145,28 +146,30 @@ recurse() {
 report_outcome() {
   tap_format="$1"
   log_file="$2"
+  start="$3"
+  finish="$4"
+  elapsed=$(($finish - $start))
 
-  # XXX just copied from elsewhere and thus broken
-  if "$tap_format"; then
-    printf \#\ 
-  fi
-  echo Running tests at $(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)
-  start=$(date +%s)
+# if "$tap_format"; then
+#   printf \#\ 
+# fi
+# echo Running tests at $(date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)
 
   n=0
   sort "$log_file" | while read line; do
-    regex='^\(.*\): \(success\|skip\|fail\)$'
+    regex='^\(.*\): \(success\|skip\|fail\) \([0-9]*\) seconds$'
     path=$(echo "$line" | sed "s/$regex/\1/")
     result=$(echo "$line" | sed "s/$regex/\2/")
+    file_elapsed=$(echo "$line" | sed "s/$regex/\3/")
     n=$(($n + 1))
 
-# if $tap_format; then
-#   indent $indent_level | sed 's/  /#/g'
-#   echo "# Begin - ${path}"
-# else
-#   indent $indent_level
-#   echo "+ ${path}"
-# fi
+  # if $tap_format; then
+  #   indent $indent_level | sed 's/  /#/g'
+  #   echo "# Begin - ${path}"
+  # else
+  #   indent $indent_level
+  #   echo "+ ${path}"
+  # fi
 
     if $tap_format; then
       if [ "$result" == fail ]; then
@@ -175,58 +178,51 @@ report_outcome() {
         not=''
       fi
       if [ "$result" == skip ]; then
-        skip='# SKIP '
+        skip='SKIP '
       else
         skip=''
       fi
-      echo "${not}ok $n - ${skip}${path}"
+      echo "${not}ok $n - # ${skip}${path}"
       if [ "$result" == fail ]; then
         echo '# ------------ Begin output ------------'
       # sed 's/^/# /' "$stdout_file"
         echo '# ------------ End output ------------'
       fi
-# else
-#   indent $indent_level
-#   case "$result" in
-#     success)
-#       # On success, print a green '✓'
-#       printf '\033[32m✓ \033[0m'
-#       printf '%s\n' "${potential_test}"
-#     ;;
-#     fail)
-#       # On fail, print a red '✗'
-#       printf '\033[31m✗ \033[0m'
-#       printf '%s\n' "${potential_test}"
+      echo "# Previous test took $file_elapsed seconds."
+  # else
+  #   indent $indent_level
+  #   case "$result" in
+  #     success)
+  #       # On success, print a green '✓'
+  #       printf '\033[32m✓ \033[0m'
+  #       printf '%s\n' "${potential_test}"
+  #     ;;
+  #     fail)
+  #       # On fail, print a red '✗'
+  #       printf '\033[31m✗ \033[0m'
+  #       printf '%s\n' "${potential_test}"
 
-#       # Print output captured from failed test in red.
-#       printf '\033[31m'
+  #       # Print output captured from failed test in red.
+  #       printf '\033[31m'
 
-#       cat "$stdout_file"
-#       printf '\033[0m'
-#     ;;
-#     skip)
-#       printf '  %s\n' "${potential_test}"
-#     ;;
-#   esac
+  #       cat "$stdout_file"
+  #       printf '\033[0m'
+  #     ;;
+  #     skip)
+  #       printf '  %s\n' "${potential_test}"
+  #     ;;
+  #   esac
     fi
 
-# if $tap_format; then
-#   indent $indent_level | sed 's/  /#/g'
-#   echo "# End - ${potential_test}"
-# else
-#   echo
-# fi
-
-
-
+  # if $tap_format; then
+  #   indent $indent_level | sed 's/  /#/g'
+  #   echo "# End - ${potential_test}"
+  # else
+  #   echo
+  # fi
   done
   return
 
-
-
-  finish=$(date +%s)
-  elapsed=$(($finish - $start))
-
   set +e
   passed=$(grep -c '^success' "$logfile")
   failed=$(grep -c '^fail' "$logfile")
@@ -359,15 +355,19 @@ if fullpath "$1" | grep -Fi 'test' > /dev/null || $force
     TEST_SHELL='/bin/sh'
   fi
 
+  start=$(date +%s)
+  set +e
+
   # 1 test folder
   # 2 shell to invoke test scripts with
   # 3 TEST_SHELL
-  set +e
   recurse "$1" "$shell_for_sh_tests" "$TEST_SHELL"
   exit_code=$?
-  set -e
 
-  report_outcome true $tmp/log
+  set -e
+  finish=$(date +%s)
+
+  report_outcome true $tmp/log $start $finish
 
   urchin_exit $exit_code
 else