diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 55798be04fe0e7c6b270ad76f4a4a1fa0881977d..566f14d12874df100323d98aba0ffc7e97420f50 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -283,6 +283,13 @@
 					values -->
 				<filtering>false</filtering>
 			</resource>
+			<!-- TODO: RH: include static to react on changes during devel, target not working!
+			<resource>
+				<directory>src/main/webapp/static</directory>
+				<targetPath>${project.build.directory}/static</targetPath>
+				<filtering>false</filtering>
+			</resource>
+			 -->
 		</resources>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
@@ -388,6 +395,11 @@
 		                        <type>1</type>
 		                        <location>${basedir}/olat.local.properties</location>
                 			</linkedResource>
+                			<linkedResource>
+                				<name>/src/main/java/maven.build.properties</name>
+                				<type>1</type>
+                				<location>${basedir}/target/${artifactId}-${project.version}/WEB-INF/classes/maven.build.properties</location>
+                			</linkedResource>
 				        </linkedResources>				        
 				        
                         
@@ -413,7 +425,7 @@
 					<version>2.5</version>
 					<configuration>
 						<testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
-						<skipTests>true</skipTests>
+						<skipTests>${skipTests}</skipTests>
 						<excludes>
 							<!-- TODO:gs -->
 							<exclude>**/TestTable.java</exclude>
diff --git a/src/main/templates/maven.build.properties b/src/main/templates/maven.build.properties
index 72ee359767a8780a96ea3b1553c6259aec4fd063..f3c76a8497168d9e8193916370ac11cd5e945c3f 100644
--- a/src/main/templates/maven.build.properties
+++ b/src/main/templates/maven.build.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 project.build.home.directory=${basedir}
-build.version=${version}
\ No newline at end of file
+build.version=${version}
+skipTests=true
\ No newline at end of file