diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
index 2eea43082d699aef6d5498c0a019d5e0f4a2d7c0..a447ac3b933d243dc7a00cf063adf460cbbcf09c 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_autotests.bash
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ function test_compile() {
       echo_success "$test_case_name.${tags} PASSED"
       xUnit_success "compilation" "$test_case_name.$tags" "PASS" "$result_string" "$xmlfile_testcase"
     else             
-      echo_success "$test_case_name.${tags} FAILED"
-      xUnit_success "compilation" "$test_case_name.$tags" "FAIL" "$result_string" "$xmlfile_testcase"
+      echo_error "$test_case_name.${tags} FAILED"
+      xUnit_fail "compilation" "$test_case_name.$tags" "FAIL" "$result_string" "$xmlfile_testcase"
     fi
 }
 
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ function test_compile_and_run() {
 
        if [ "$result_string" == "" ]; then
            echo_error "execution $test_case_name.$compile_prog.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]} Run_Result = \"$result_string\"  Result = FAIL"
-	   xUnit_success "execution" "$test_case_name.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]}" "FAIL" "$result_string" "$xmlfile_testcase"
+	   xUnit_fail "execution" "$test_case_name.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]}" "FAIL" "$result_string" "$xmlfile_testcase"
        else
         if [ "$global_result" == "0" ]; then
            echo_error "execution $test_case_name.${tags_array[$tags_array_index]} Run_Result = \"$result_string\" Result =  FAIL"
diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/test_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/test_helper
index e60fb8c7201806a75b46a0491920407ab8143d72..495c80f079e4dd096fe3c1b47226fa97a03f3945 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/test_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/test_helper
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ xUnit_fail() {
   xmlfile_testcase=$5
   currtime=$(date +%s.%N)
   time=$(echo "$currtime - $XUNIT_START" | bc -l)
-  xml="<testcase classname='$class' name='$test_case' Run_result='$run_result' time='$time' RESULT='$result'></testcase>"
+  xml="<testcase classname='$class' name='$test_case' Run_result='$run_result' time='$time s' RESULT='$result'></testcase>"
   echo  -e $xml > $xmlfile_testcase
   XUNIT_TESTCASES_XML="$XUNIT_TESTCASES_XML \n$xml"
   XUNIT_FAILED=$((XUNIT_FAILED+1))
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ xUnit_success() {
   xmlfile_testcase=$5
   currtime=$(date +%s.%N)
   time=$(echo "$currtime - $XUNIT_START" | bc -l)
-  xml="<testcase classname='$class' name='$test_case' Run_result='$run_result' time='$time' RESULT='$result'></testcase>"
+  xml="<testcase classname='$class' name='$test_case' Run_result='$run_result' time='$time s' RESULT='$result'></testcase>"
   echo  -e $xml > $xmlfile_testcase
   XUNIT_TESTCASES_XML="$XUNIT_TESTCASES_XML \n$xml"
   XUNIT_SUCCESS=$((XUNIT_SUCCESS+1))