diff --git a/spec/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js b/spec/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
index 5f6da5d2..19b06e15 100644
--- a/spec/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
+++ b/spec/html/HtmlReporterSpec.js
@@ -32,6 +32,23 @@ describe("New HtmlReporter", function() {
     expect(versionText).toEqual(j$.version);
   });
 
+  it("builds a single reporter even if initialized multiple times", function() {
+    var env = new j$.Env(),
+      container = document.createElement("div"),
+      getContainer = function() { return container; },
+      reporter = new j$.HtmlReporter({
+        env: env,
+        getContainer: getContainer,
+        createElement: function() { return document.createElement.apply(document, arguments); },
+        createTextNode: function() { return document.createTextNode.apply(document, arguments); }
+      });
+    reporter.initialize();
+    reporter.initialize();
+    reporter.initialize();
+
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll("div.html-reporter").length).toEqual(1);
+  });
+
   it("starts the timer when jasmine begins", function() {
     var env = new jasmine.Env(),
         startTimerSpy = jasmine.createSpy("start-timer-spy"),
diff --git a/src/html/HtmlReporter.js b/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
index e00010c4..e603dce9 100644
--- a/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
+++ b/src/html/HtmlReporter.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jasmineRequire.HtmlReporter = function(j$) {
       symbols;
 
     this.initialize = function() {
+      clearPrior();
       htmlReporterMain = createDom('div', {className: 'html-reporter'},
         createDom('div', {className: 'banner'},
           createDom('a', {className: 'title', href: 'http://jasmine.github.io/', target: '_blank'}),
@@ -220,6 +221,15 @@ jasmineRequire.HtmlReporter = function(j$) {
       return getContainer().querySelector('.html-reporter ' + selector);
     }
 
+    function clearPrior() {
+      // return the reporter
+      var oldReporter = find('');
+      
+      if(oldReporter) {
+        getContainer().removeChild(oldReporter);
+      }
+    }
+
     function createDom(type, attrs, childrenVarArgs) {
       var el = createElement(type);