diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BuildListeners.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BuildListeners.kt
index e4876785..ffa1c107 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BuildListeners.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/BuildListeners.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class BuildListeners : IBuildListener, IBuildReportContributor {
     private val projectInfos = hashMapOf<String, ProjectInfo>()
     private var hasFailures = false
     private val args: Args get() = Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(Args::class.java)
+    private var buildStartTime: Long? = null
 
     // IBuildListener
     override fun taskStart(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, taskName: String) {
@@ -41,6 +42,11 @@ class BuildListeners : IBuildListener, IBuildReportContributor {
 
     private val projectStatuses = arrayListOf<Pair<Project, ProjectBuildStatus>>()
 
+    // IBuildListener
+    override fun projectStart(project: Project, context: KobaltContext) {
+        if (buildStartTime == null) buildStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    }
+
     // IBuildListener
     override fun projectEnd(project: Project, context: KobaltContext, status: ProjectBuildStatus) {
         projectStatuses.add(Pair(project, status))
@@ -52,6 +58,9 @@ class BuildListeners : IBuildListener, IBuildReportContributor {
         fun formatMillisRight(millis: Long, length: Int) = formatMillis(millis, "%1\$$length.2f")
         fun formatMillisLeft(millis: Long, length: Int) = formatMillis(millis, "%1\$-$length.2f")
 
+        fun millisToSeconds(millis: Long) = (millis.toDouble() / 1000).toInt()
+        val buildTime = millisToSeconds(System.currentTimeMillis() - buildStartTime!!)
+
         val profiling = args.profiling
         if (profiling) {
             log(1, "\n" + AsciiArt.horizontalSingleLine + " Timings (in seconds)")
@@ -79,10 +88,21 @@ class BuildListeners : IBuildListener, IBuildReportContributor {
                 log(1, "          " + AsciiArt.verticalBar + " " + cl + " " + AsciiArt.verticalBar)
             }
             log(1, "          " + AsciiArt.lowerBox(line.length))
-            if (args.parallel) log(1, "Sequential build time would be " +
-                    (projectInfos.values.sumByDouble { it.durationMillis.toDouble() }) / 1000 + " seconds")
 //        }
 
+        // BUILD SUCCESSFUL / FAILED message
+        val message = StringBuilder(if (args.parallel) "PARALLEL " else "")
+            .append(if (hasFailures) "BUILD FAILED" else "BUILD SUCCESSFUL ($buildTime seconds")
+
+        if (args.parallel) {
+            val sequentialBuildTime = ((projectInfos.values.sumByDouble { it.durationMillis.toDouble() }) / 1000)
+                    .toInt()
+            message.append(", sequential build would have been $sequentialBuildTime seconds)")
+        } else {
+            message.append(")")
+        }
+        log(1, message)
+
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
index b0b04fc2..2fc98023 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
@@ -114,18 +114,14 @@ private class Main @Inject constructor(
         var result = 0
         val latestVersionFuture = github.latestKobaltVersion
 
-        val timing = benchmarkSeconds {
-            try {
-                result = runWithArgs(jc, args, argv, pluginClassLoader)
-            } catch(ex: Throwable) {
-                error("", ex.cause ?: ex)
-                result = 1
-            }
+        try {
+            result = runWithArgs(jc, args, argv, pluginClassLoader)
+        } catch(ex: Throwable) {
+            error("", ex.cause ?: ex)
+            result = 1
         }
 
         if (!args.update) {
-            log(1, if (result != 0) "BUILD FAILED: $result" else "BUILD SUCCESSFUL (${timing.first} seconds)")
-
             updateKobalt.checkForNewVersion(latestVersionFuture)
         }
         return result