diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 833641d0..3bb2a4d5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ src/docs/resources/graphics/.DS_Store
 tmp/
 .gradle2/
 public/
+integration-test/maven-plugin/target/
+htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/target/
diff --git a/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 71d03cf8..8af78ea4 100644
--- a/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/htmlSanityCheck-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <java.version>17</java.version>
+        <java.version>8</java.version>
     </properties>
 
 
@@ -147,9 +147,45 @@
                             <goal>integration-test</goal>
                             <goal>verify</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Sets the VM argument line used when integration tests are run. -->
+                            <argLine>${failsafeArgLine}</argLine>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <!-- set arg line property for surefire -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>prepare-agent</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <append>false</append>
+                            <destFile>build/jacoco/test.exec</destFile>
+                            <propertyName>surefireArgLine</propertyName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                    <!-- set arg line property for failsafe -->
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>prepare-agent-integration</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>prepare-agent-integration</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <append>true</append>
+                            <destFile>build/jacoco/test.exec</destFile>
+                            <propertyName>failsafeArgLine</propertyName>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+
+
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>