diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e7c094a..8d42e75 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ matrix:
       dist: xenial
       sudo: true
       env: TOXENV=py37
+    - python: 3.8
+      dist: xenial
+      sudo: true
+      env: TOXENV=py38
 
 env:
   - TOXENV=py27
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 470cef1..b585af1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -89,3 +89,10 @@ Running the tests
     pip install tox
     tox
 
+Releasing a new version
+-----------------------
+
+1. Bump version in `setup.py`
+2. Build distribution with `python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`
+3. Upload to Pypi with `twine upload dist/*`
+4. Verify the new version was uploaded at https://pypi.org/project/junit-xml/#history
diff --git a/junit_xml/__init__.py b/junit_xml/__init__.py
index 78a153e..0cfef29 100644
--- a/junit_xml/__init__.py
+++ b/junit_xml/__init__.py
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ def build_xml_doc(self, encoding=None):
 
         # build the test suite element
         test_suite_attributes = dict()
-        test_suite_attributes["name"] = decode(self.name, encoding)
         if any(c.assertions for c in self.test_cases):
             test_suite_attributes["assertions"] = str(sum([int(c.assertions) for c in self.test_cases if c.assertions]))
         test_suite_attributes["disabled"] = str(len([c for c in self.test_cases if not c.is_enabled]))
-        test_suite_attributes["failures"] = str(len([c for c in self.test_cases if c.is_failure()]))
         test_suite_attributes["errors"] = str(len([c for c in self.test_cases if c.is_error()]))
+        test_suite_attributes["failures"] = str(len([c for c in self.test_cases if c.is_failure()]))
+        test_suite_attributes["name"] = decode(self.name, encoding)
         test_suite_attributes["skipped"] = str(len([c for c in self.test_cases if c.is_skipped()]))
-        test_suite_attributes["time"] = str(sum(c.elapsed_sec for c in self.test_cases if c.elapsed_sec))
         test_suite_attributes["tests"] = str(len(self.test_cases))
+        test_suite_attributes["time"] = str(sum(c.elapsed_sec for c in self.test_cases if c.elapsed_sec))
 
         if self.hostname:
             test_suite_attributes["hostname"] = decode(self.hostname, encoding)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def to_xml_report_string(test_suites, prettyprint=True, encoding=None):
     attributes = defaultdict(int)
     for ts in test_suites:
         ts_xml = ts.build_xml_doc(encoding=encoding)
-        for key in ["failures", "errors", "tests", "disabled"]:
+        for key in ["disabled", "errors", "failures", "tests"]:
             attributes[key] += int(ts_xml.get(key, 0))
         for key in ["time"]:
             attributes[key] += float(ts_xml.get(key, 0))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5d8a46e..8aba068 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def read(fname):
     packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests"]),
     description="Creates JUnit XML test result documents that can be read by tools such as Jenkins",
     long_description=read("README.rst"),
-    version="1.8.1",
+    version="1.9",
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index ab95ab1..3fdb993 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = py27, pypy, py35, py36, py37, cover, flake8
+envlist = py27, pypy, py35, py36, py37, py38, cover, flake8
 sitepackages = False
 
 [testenv]