diff --git a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/project.json b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/project.json
index 3ba1afc97..45fac06b7 100644
--- a/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/project.json
+++ b/TestAssets/TestProjects/MSBuildTestApp/project.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netcoreapp1.0": {
       "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk": "1.0.0-alpha-20160907-1",
+        "Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk": "1.0.0-alpha-20160909-2",
         "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
           "version": "1.0.1",
           "type": "platform"
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.xproj b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.xproj
index 0ead3698f..f429f9bf5 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.xproj
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.xproj
@@ -5,17 +5,16 @@
     <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''"  />
+  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>6D028154-5518-4A56-BAD6-938A90E5BCF6</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>dotnet_test_console</RootNamespace>
-    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutputPath>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
+    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\bin</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
+  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/dotnet/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
index 26f6c1008..aaa03e890 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,22 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
 
                 return 1;
             }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+#if DEBUG
+                Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+#else
+                if (Reporter.IsVerbose)
+                {
+                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
+                }
+#endif
+                return 1;
+            }
             finally
             {
                 if (PerfTrace.Enabled)
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/project.json.template b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/project.json.template
index 7e7211fcc..e6475205c 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/project.json.template
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-new/CSharp_MSBuild/project.json.template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "frameworks": {
     "netcoreapp1.0": {
       "dependencies": {
-        "Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk": "1.0.0-alpha-20160907-1",
+        "Microsoft.NETCore.Sdk": "1.0.0-alpha-20160909-2",
         "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
           "type": "platform",
           "version": "1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Program.cs
index db81ea32e..90775bd68 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Program.cs
@@ -35,26 +35,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run
                 return runCmd.Start();
             });
 
-            try
-            {
-                return app.Execute(args);
-            }
-            catch (Exception ex)
-            {
-#if DEBUG
-                Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
-#else
-                if (Reporter.IsVerbose)
-                {
-                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    Reporter.Error.WriteLine(ex.Message);
-                }
-#endif
-                return 1;
-            }
+            return app.Execute(args);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Run3Command.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Run3Command.cs
index 3effa9915..04b180d1c 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Run3Command.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-run3/Run3Command.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using Microsoft.Build.Execution;
 using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using NuGet.Frameworks;
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run
         {
             Initialize();
 
+            EnsureProjectIsBuilt();
+
             ITaskItem runInfoItem = GetRunInformation();
 
             string commandName = runInfoItem.GetMetadata("CommandName");
@@ -49,6 +52,27 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Run
                 .ExitCode;
         }
 
+        private void EnsureProjectIsBuilt()
+        {
+            List<string> buildArgs = new List<string>();
+
+            buildArgs.Add("/nologo");
+            buildArgs.Add("/verbosity:quiet");
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Configuration))
+            {
+                buildArgs.Add($"/p:Configuration={Configuration}");
+            }
+
+            var buildResult = new MSBuildForwardingApp(buildArgs).Execute();
+
+            if (buildResult != 0)
+            {
+                Reporter.Error.WriteLine();
+                throw new GracefulException("The build failed. Please fix the build errors and run again.");
+            }
+        }
+
         private ITaskItem GetRunInformation()
         {
             Dictionary<string, string> globalProperties = new Dictionary<string, string>()
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/dotnet-test.xproj b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/dotnet-test.xproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f173a43e..000000000
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-test/dotnet-test.xproj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">14.0</VisualStudioVersion>
-    <VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.Props" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
-    <ProjectGuid>f003f228-2ae2-4e9d-877b-93eb773b5061</ProjectGuid>
-    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath Condition="'$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\obj\$(MSBuildProjectName)</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
-    <OutputPath Condition="'$(OutputPath)'=='' ">..\..\artifacts\bin\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</OutputPath>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\DNX\Microsoft.DNX.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
-</Project>
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