diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Atoum.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Atoum.php
index a97fa00a..1e2aeca3 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Atoum.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Atoum.php
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ class Atoum implements \PHPCI\Plugin
     private $args;
     private $config;
     private $directory;
-    private $executable;
 
     public function __construct(\PHPCI\Builder $phpci, array $options = array())
     {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ class Atoum implements \PHPCI\Plugin
             $this->executable = $options['executable'];
         }
         else {
-            $this->executable = './vendor/bin/atoum';
+            $this->executable = PHPCI_BIN_DIR.'atoum';
         }
 
         if (isset($options['args'])) {
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@ class Atoum implements \PHPCI\Plugin
 
     public function execute()
     {
-        $cmd = $this->phpci->buildPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->executable;
+        $cmd = $this->executable;
 
         if ($this->args !== null) {
             $cmd .= " {$this->args}";
@@ -44,8 +43,19 @@ class Atoum implements \PHPCI\Plugin
             $cmd .= " -c '{$this->config}'";
         }
         if ($this->directory !== null) {
-            $cmd .= " -d '{$this->directory}'";
+            $dirPath = $this->phpci->buildPath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $this->directory;
+            $cmd .= " -d '{$dirPath}'";
         }
-        return $this->phpci->executeCommand($cmd);
+
+        $output = '';
+        $status = true;
+        exec($cmd, $output);
+
+        if (!empty($output) &&  count(preg_grep("/error/i",$output)) > 0) {
+            $status = false;
+            $this->phpci->log($output, '       ');
+        }
+
+        return $status;
     }
 }
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index a4424830..ae912b8d 100755
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
         "symfony/yaml"             : "2.2.x-dev",
         "symfony/console"          : "2.2.*",
         "fabpot/php-cs-fixer"      : "0.3.*@dev",
-        "swiftmailer/swiftmailer"  : "v5.0.0"
+        "swiftmailer/swiftmailer"  : "v5.0.0",
+	 "atoum/atoum":"*"
     }
 }