ANT - Java ClassLoader cant find class - java

in my project there are - among others - two classes: TheProblem and Server.
public class TheProblem {
public static void main (String args []) throws ClassNotFoundException {
ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader().loadClass("Server");
}
}
When I execute the code from the command line, everything works just fine.
But when I use ANT to execute the code, I get a ClassNotFoundException - although both Server.class and TheProblem.class are inside of the same directory.
The directory structure of my project is fairly simple - I will try to illustrate it here:
root_folder/
- build.xml
- src/
- TheProblem.java
- Server.java
- build/
- TheProblem.class
- Server.class
Here is an excerpt of my build.xml file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<project name="JAXB" default="compile">
<path id="project.class.path">
<pathelement path="${java.class.path}" />
<pathelement location="build" />
</path>
<target name="init" >
<mkdir dir="build" />
</target>
<target name="compile" depends="init" >
<javac classpathref="project.class.path" srcdir="src" destdir="build"
includeAntRuntime="false" />
</target>
<target name="execute-problem" depends="compile">
<java classpathref="project.class.path" classname="TheProblem" />
</target>
<target name="clean" depends="init">
<delete dir="build" />
</target>
</project>
When I execute ant compile, everything compiles, but when I execute ant execute-problem, the ClassLoader cannot find the Server class and throws a ClassNotFoundException.
When I navigate into the build directory and call java TheProblem, it works just fine. I really have no clue, why it doesn't work using ANT.
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this post.

Instead of
<target name="execute-problem" depends="compile">
<java classpathref="project.class.path" classname="TheProblem" />
</target>
try to use this
<target name="execute-problem" depends="compile">
<java fork="true" dir="." classname="TheProblem">
<classpath>
<path refid="project.class.path" />
</classpath>
</java>
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