diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6c9d7af..3ad7691 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ config.status
 autom4te.cache
 /dist
 .DS_Store
+/test-reports/
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa8737c..3284ab7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 NPM=npm
 
-.PHONY: configure chore package-lock.json publish dist
+.PHONY: configure chore package-lock.json publish dist test-reports
 
-all: dist
+all: test-reports/ dist/
 
 tags:
 	ctags -R --exclude=node_modules --exclude=vendor --exclude=docs \
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ chore: configure package-lock.json
 configure:
 	autoconf
 
-build/release/: node_modules/ src/ tsconfig.json
+build/release: node_modules/ src/ tsconfig.json
 	$(NPM) run build:release
 
-build/debug/: node_modules/ src/ tsconfig.debug.json
+build/debug: node_modules/ src/ tsconfig.debug.json
 	$(NPM) run build:debug
 
-build/doc/: node_modules/ src/ typedoc.json tsconfig.json
+build/doc: node_modules/ src/ typedoc.json tsconfig.json
 	$(NPM) run doc
 
-test-reports/: node_modules/ tests/ src/ jest.config.mjs
+test-reports: node_modules/ tests/ src/ jest.config.mjs
 	$(NPM) run test
 
 dist: build/release/ build/doc/
diff --git a/jest.config.mjs b/jest.config.mjs
index 0f08742..6590a36 100644
--- a/jest.config.mjs
+++ b/jest.config.mjs
@@ -9,5 +9,15 @@ export default {
             }
         ]
     },
+    reporters: [
+        'default',
+        [
+            'jest-junit',
+            {
+                outputDirectory: 'test-reports',
+                outputName: 'junit-report.xml'
+            }
+        ],
+    ],
     roots: ['./tests']
 }
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3d3ddcd..4ea535b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
             "devDependencies": {
                 "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
                 "jest": "^29.7.0",
+                "jest-junit": "^16.0.0",
                 "ts-jest": "^29.3.2",
                 "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
                 "typedoc": "^0.27.9",
@@ -2604,6 +2605,22 @@
                 "fsevents": "^2.3.2"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/jest-junit": {
+            "version": "16.0.0",
+            "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/jest-junit/-/jest-junit-16.0.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-A94mmw6NfJab4Fg/BlvVOUXzXgF0XIH6EmTgJ5NDPp4xoKq0Kr7sErb+4Xs9nZvu58pJojz5RFGpqnZYJTrRfQ==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "Apache-2.0",
+            "dependencies": {
+                "mkdirp": "^1.0.4",
+                "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
+                "uuid": "^8.3.2",
+                "xml": "^1.0.1"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=10.12.0"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/jest-leak-detector": {
             "version": "29.7.0",
             "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/jest-leak-detector/-/jest-leak-detector-29.7.0.tgz",
@@ -3196,6 +3213,19 @@
                 "node": "*"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/mkdirp": {
+            "version": "1.0.4",
+            "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-1.0.4.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-vVqVZQyf3WLx2Shd0qJ9xuvqgAyKPLAiqITEtqW0oIUjzo3PePDd6fW9iFz30ef7Ysp/oiWqbhszeGWW2T6Gzw==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "bin": {
+                "mkdirp": "bin/cmd.js"
+            },
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=10"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/ms": {
             "version": "2.1.3",
             "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz",
@@ -4052,6 +4082,16 @@
                 "browserslist": ">= 4.21.0"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/uuid": {
+            "version": "8.3.2",
+            "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/uuid/-/uuid-8.3.2.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-+NYs2QeMWy+GWFOEm9xnn6HCDp0l7QBD7ml8zLUmJ+93Q5NF0NocErnwkTkXVFNiX3/fpC6afS8Dhb/gz7R7eg==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "bin": {
+                "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
+            }
+        },
         "node_modules/v8-compile-cache-lib": {
             "version": "3.0.1",
             "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/v8-compile-cache-lib/-/v8-compile-cache-lib-3.0.1.tgz",
@@ -4139,6 +4179,13 @@
                 "node": "^12.13.0 || ^14.15.0 || >=16.0.0"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/xml": {
+            "version": "1.0.1",
+            "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/xml/-/xml-1.0.1.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-huCv9IH9Tcf95zuYCsQraZtWnJvBtLVE0QHMOs8bWyZAFZNDcYjsPq1nEx8jKA9y+Beo9v+7OBPRisQTjinQMw==",
+            "dev": true,
+            "license": "MIT"
+        },
         "node_modules/y18n": {
             "version": "5.0.8",
             "resolved": "http://localhost:4873/y18n/-/y18n-5.0.8.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 75d7f9f..5bcf26d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
         "build": "npm run build:release",
         "build:release": "tsc",
         "build:debug": "tsc -p tsconfig.debug.json",
-        "watch": "npm run watch:debug",
-        "watch:debug": "npm run build:debug -- --watch",
         "doc": "typedoc --entryPoints src/index.ts --html build/doc",
-        "mypublish": "ts-node -P tsconfig.node.json scripts/publish.ts",
+        "publish_": "ts-node -P tsconfig.node.json scripts/publish.ts",
         "dist": "ts-node -P tsconfig.node.json scripts/npm-pack.ts build/release dist"
     },
     "repository": {
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@
     "devDependencies": {
         "@types/jest": "^29.5.14",
         "jest": "^29.7.0",
+        "jest-junit": "^16.0.0",
         "ts-jest": "^29.3.2",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
         "typedoc": "^0.27.9",
diff --git a/tests/logging.test.ts b/tests/test.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from tests/logging.test.ts
rename to tests/test.ts
index a8ad3b7..208acdc 100644
--- a/tests/logging.test.ts
+++ b/tests/test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ describe('getLevelName', () => {
     var logging: any;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-        logging = require('../src/logging');
+        // there are a couple of singletons, which I'm not yet sure if they need
+        // to be reloaded for every test case
+        logging = require('../src');
     });
 
     it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ describe('addLevelName', () => {
     var logging: any;
 
     beforeEach(() => {
-        logging = require('../src/logging');
+        logging = require('../src');
     });
 
     it('numeric to textual representation of built-ins', () => {