diff --git a/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml b/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7062b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<FindBugsFilter>
+	<!-- filter out test classes with medium (2) or low (3) warnings -->
+	<Match>
+		<Or>
+			<Class name="~.*Test" />
+		</Or>
+		<Or>
+			<Class name="*.examples.*" />
+		</Or>
+	</Match>
+</FindBugsFilter>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index befc429..60812f6 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -86,12 +86,8 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <scm>
-    <connection>
-      scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
-    </connection>
-    <developerConnection>
-      scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk
-    </developerConnection>
+    <connection>scm:svn:http://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://piccolo2d.googlecode.com/svn/piccolo2d.java/trunk</developerConnection>
     <url>http://code.google.com/p/piccolo2d/source/browse/piccolo2d.java/trunk</url>
   </scm>
   <organization>
@@ -294,6 +290,7 @@
           <xmlOutput>true</xmlOutput>
           <xmlOutputDirectory>target/site</xmlOutputDirectory>
           <includeTests>false</includeTests>
+          <excludeFilterFile>${basedir}/src/build/conf/findbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
           <!--
             <xmlOutput>true|false</xmlOutput> <xmlOutputDirectory>directory
             location of xml findbugs report</xmlOutputDirectory>