diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 32d9fb65..22cf81a9 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ test_script:
         If ($env:SQL_INSTANCE -Match "SQL2016") {
             "Running phpt tests via OpenCppCoverage..."
             $ext_dir = ${env:PHP_SDK_DIR} + "\php-" + ${env:PHP_VERSION} + "-src\ext";
-            cd ${env:PHP_INSTALL_DIR}\ext
+            cd ext
             OpenCppCoverage.exe --sources $ext_dir\pdo_sqlsrv --sources $ext_dir\sqlsrv --modules *sqlsrv*.dll --export_type=cobertura:${env:PHP_INSTALL_DIR}\coverage.xml --cover_children --quiet --continue_after_cpp_exception --optimized_build -- ..\php.exe ..\run-tests.php -P ${env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER}\test\functional\ > ${env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER}\test\functional\sqlsrvtests.log 2>&1;
             type ${env:APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER}\test\functional\sqlsrvtests.log;
             cd ..
@@ -205,31 +205,27 @@ test_script:
 
 after_test:
     - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\test\functional\
+    - ps: ls *.log
     - python output.py
     - ps: $difffiles = Get-ChildItem sqlsrv\*.diff
     - ps: $outfiles = Get-ChildItem sqlsrv\*.out
     - ps: foreach($file in $difffiles){ls $file; more $file}
     - ps: foreach($file in $outfiles){ls $file; more $file}
-    - ps: $difffiles = Get-ChildItem pdo_sqlsrv\*.diff
-    - ps: $outfiles = Get-ChildItem pdo_sqlsrv\*.out
-    - ps: foreach($file in $difffiles){ls $file; more $file}
-    - ps: foreach($file in $outfiles){ls $file; more $file}
+    - ps: $diff2files = Get-ChildItem pdo_sqlsrv\*.diff
+    - ps: $out2files = Get-ChildItem pdo_sqlsrv\*.out
+    - ps: foreach($file in $diff2files){ls $file; more $file}
+    - ps: foreach($file in $out2files){ls $file; more $file}
     #- cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%\test\functional\
     # there is only one xml file if running tests with coverage analysis
     - ps: (new-object net.webclient).UploadFile("https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/junit/$($env:APPVEYOR_JOB_ID)", (Resolve-Path .\nativeresult1.xml))
-    - ps: [xml]$results = Get-Content nativeresult1.xml;
+    - ps: [xml]$results = Get-Content nativeresult1.xml ;
     - ps: $result2Exists = Test-Path "nativeresult2.xml"
-    - ps: $failure = $results.SelectSingleNode("//failure");
-    - ps: $failure2 = $null
     - ps: >- 
         If ($result2Exists -eq $true) {
             (new-object net.webclient).UploadFile("https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/junit/$($env:APPVEYOR_JOB_ID)", (Resolve-Path .\nativeresult2.xml));
-            [xml]$results2 = Get-Content nativeresult2.xml;
-            $failure2 = $results2.SelectSingleNode("//failure");
         }
     - ps: >-        
-        if ($failure -ne $null -Or $failure2 -ne $null)
-        {
+        If ($difffiles -ne $null -Or $diff2files -ne $null) {
             $host.SetShouldExit(1);
             Write-Host "Forcing build failure due to phpt unit test failure(s)";
         }