diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
index 7fef033f..1ea41147 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/DependencyManager.kt
@@ -205,12 +205,13 @@ class DependencyManager @Inject constructor(val executors: KobaltExecutors, val
 
         // Make sure that classes/ and test-classes/ are always at the top of this classpath,
         // so that older versions of that project on the classpath don't shadow them
-        val result : ArrayList<IClasspathDependency> =
-                arrayListOf(FileDependency(KFiles.makeOutputDir(project).absolutePath))
-        if (isTest) {
-            result.add(FileDependency(KFiles.makeOutputTestDir(project).absolutePath))
+        val result = arrayListOf<IClasspathDependency>().apply {
+            if (isTest) {
+                add(FileDependency(KFiles.makeOutputDir(project).absolutePath))
+                add(FileDependency(KFiles.makeOutputTestDir(project).absolutePath))
+            }
+            addAll(reorderDependencies(transitive))
         }
-        result.addAll(reorderDependencies(transitive))
 
         return result
     }