diff --git a/tools/testClient/automated/automated.sh b/tools/testClient/automated/automated.sh
index 4f95cb3194a..57cdd2aadf6 100644
--- a/tools/testClient/automated/automated.sh
+++ b/tools/testClient/automated/automated.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,48 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/tomcat6
+# wec
+export CATALINA_HOME=${HOME}/automated
+# macos tomcat
+#ORIG_TOMCAT=/usr/local/tomcat
+# linux/jenkins host tomcat
+ORIG_TOMCAT=/usr/share/tomcat6
+
+mkdir_copy_files() {
+    if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+	return 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "Copying $1 files to $2..."
+
+    mkdir -p $2
+    cp -R $1/* $2
+    return $?
+}
+
+if [ ! -d ${ORIG_TOMCAT} ]; then
+    echo "Tomcat must be installed on this system"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -d ${CATALINA_HOME} ]; then
+    echo "Existing test Tomcat exists!!!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# now let's copy over the required files...
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/conf ${CATALINA_HOME}/conf
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/bin ${CATALINA_HOME}/bin
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/lib ${CATALINA_HOME}/lib
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/logs ${CATALINA_HOME}/logs
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/temp ${CATALINA_HOME}/temp
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/webapps ${CATALINA_HOME}/webapps
+mkdir_copy_files ${ORIG_TOMCAT}/work ${CATALINA_HOME}/work
 
 ant clean-all
 
 ant automated-test-run
 
+# clean up our temp tomcat!
+rm -rf ${CATALINA_HOME}
+
 exit $?