diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 4314802..3881d9c 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ foreach(directory ${directories})
     add_subdirectory(${directory})
 
     get_filename_component(dirname ${directory} NAME)
-    if(dirname STREQUAL "test_utils")
+    if((dirname STREQUAL "test_utils") OR (dirname STREQUAL "gtest_utils"))
         continue()
     endif()
 
diff --git a/test/gtest_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest_utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dcda70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gtest_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+find_package(GTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+add_library(gtest_utils STATIC
+	gtest_utils.cpp
+	gtest_utils.h
+)
+set_target_properties(gtest_utils PROPERTIES FOLDER tests)
+target_link_libraries(gtest_utils PUBLIC GTest::gtest)
+target_include_directories(gtest_utils PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.cpp b/test/gtest_utils/gtest_utils.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from test/usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.cpp
rename to test/gtest_utils/gtest_utils.cpp
index 6b439d2..33be670 100644
--- a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.cpp
+++ b/test/gtest_utils/gtest_utils.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ::testing::AssertionResult AssertContentEquals(std::string_view expected,
                                                const std::filesystem::path& path,
                                                bool trim)
 {
-  const auto content = read_content(path);
+  const auto content = read_content(path, trim);
 
   if (!content) {
     return ::testing::AssertionFailure()
diff --git a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.h b/test/gtest_utils/gtest_utils.h
similarity index 100%
rename from test/usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.h
rename to test/gtest_utils/gtest_utils.h
diff --git a/test/test_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/test/test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index cdb86d9..88c75d6 100644
--- a/test/test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 find_package(GTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-add_library(test_utils STATIC test_helpers.cpp test_helpers.h)
+add_library(test_utils STATIC
+	test_helpers.cpp
+	test_helpers.h
+)
 set_target_properties(test_utils PROPERTIES FOLDER tests)
 target_link_libraries(test_utils PUBLIC shared)
 target_include_directories(test_utils PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
diff --git a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/CMakeLists.txt b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a964a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+
+find_package(GTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+# other executables
+add_executable(usvfs_global_test
+    usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
+)
+usvfs_set_test_properties(usvfs_global_test FOLDER usvfs_global_test)
+target_link_libraries(usvfs_global_test PRIVATE gtest_utils GTest::gtest_main)
+
+# actual test executable
+add_executable(usvfs_global_test_runer
+    usvfs_global_test_fixture.cpp
+    usvfs_global_test_fixture.h
+    usvfs_global_test_runner.cpp
+)
+usvfs_set_test_properties(usvfs_global_test_runer FOLDER usvfs_global_test)
+usvfs_target_link_usvfs(usvfs_global_test_runer)
+target_link_libraries(usvfs_global_test_runer
+    PRIVATE test_utils gtest_utils GTest::gtest_main)
+add_dependencies(usvfs_global_test_runer usvfs_global_test)
diff --git a/test/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
similarity index 98%
rename from test/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
rename to test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
index 6ab9436..7de2f60 100644
--- a/test/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
+++ b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test/usvfs_global_test.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <Windows.h>
+
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
 
-#include "../usvfs_global_test_runner/gtest_utils.h"
+#include <gtest_utils.h>
 
 // anonymous class that allow tests to access parameters (currently only where the
 // virtualized data folder is)
diff --git a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test_runner.cpp b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test_runner.cpp
index 9be08cc..afe219e 100644
--- a/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test_runner.cpp
+++ b/test/usvfs_global_test_runner/usvfs_global_test_runner.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 #include <test_helpers.h>
 #include <usvfs.h>
+#include <gtest_utils.h>
 
-#include "gtest_utils.h"
 #include "usvfs_global_test_fixture.h"
 
 TEST_F(UsvfsGlobalTest, BasicTest)