diff --git a/addons/gdUnit4/src/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerImpl.gd b/addons/gdUnit4/src/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerImpl.gd
index 7ec2d348..21793343 100644
--- a/addons/gdUnit4/src/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerImpl.gd
+++ b/addons/gdUnit4/src/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerImpl.gd
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ func _init(p_scene, p_verbose :bool, p_hide_push_errors = false):
 	set_time_factor(1)
 	# handle scene loading by resource path
 	if typeof(p_scene) == TYPE_STRING:
-		if !FileAccess.file_exists(p_scene):
+		if !ResourceLoader.exists(p_scene):
 			if not p_hide_push_errors:
-				push_error("GdUnitSceneRunner: Can't load scene by given resource path: '%s'. The resource not exists." % p_scene)
+				push_error("GdUnitSceneRunner: Can't load scene by given resource path: '%s'. The resource does not exists." % p_scene)
 			return
-		if !str(p_scene).ends_with("tscn"):
+		if !str(p_scene).ends_with(".tscn") and !str(p_scene).ends_with(".scn") and !str(p_scene).begins_with("uid://"):
 			if not p_hide_push_errors:
 				push_error("GdUnitSceneRunner: The given resource: '%s'. is not a scene." % p_scene)
 			return
diff --git a/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerTest.gd b/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerTest.gd
index f80969d7..5b5a42f0 100644
--- a/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerTest.gd
+++ b/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/GdUnitSceneRunnerTest.gd
@@ -268,6 +268,40 @@ func test_runner_by_invalid_resource_path() -> void:
 	assert_object(scene_runner("res://addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.gd")._current_scene).is_null()
 
 
+func test_runner_by_invalid_uid_path() -> void:
+	# not existing scene
+	assert_object(scene_runner("uid://invalid_uid")._current_scene).is_null()
+
+
+func test_runner_by_uid_path() -> void:
+	# uid is for res://addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.tscn
+	var runner = scene_runner("uid://cn8ucy2rheu0f")
+	assert_object(runner.scene()).is_instanceof(Node2D)
+
+	# verify the scene is freed when the runner is freed
+	var scene = runner.scene()
+	assert_bool(is_instance_valid(scene)).is_true()
+	runner._notification(NOTIFICATION_PREDELETE)
+	# give engine time to free the resources
+	await await_idle_frame()
+	# verify runner and scene is freed
+	assert_bool(is_instance_valid(scene)).is_false()
+
+
+func test_runner_by_binary_resource_path() -> void:
+	var runner = scene_runner("res://addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.scn")
+	assert_object(runner.scene()).is_instanceof(Node2D)
+
+	# verify the scene is freed when the runner is freed
+	var scene = runner.scene()
+	assert_bool(is_instance_valid(scene)).is_true()
+	runner._notification(NOTIFICATION_PREDELETE)
+	# give engine time to free the resources
+	await await_idle_frame()
+	# verify runner and scene is freed
+	assert_bool(is_instance_valid(scene)).is_false()
+
+
 func test_runner_by_resource_path() -> void:
 	var runner = scene_runner("res://addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.tscn")
 	assert_object(runner.scene()).is_instanceof(Node2D)
diff --git a/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.scn b/addons/gdUnit4/test/core/resources/scenes/simple_scene.scn
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..740b1c90
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