diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4409f38..7cfc309 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: "Build Tests"
           command: "make -j 3 tests"
+      - run:
+          name: "Run Tests"
+          command: "make run-tests"
 
 # Invoke jobs via workflows
 # See: https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/configuration-reference/#workflows
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 79f9d87..b6088c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ tests : GitVersion.h
 # remove these to force tests makefile to rebuild them with -DUNIT_TESTS, otherwise we end up with 2 mains
 	@$(RM) -f DStarGatewayApp.o
 	@$(RM) -f DStarGatewayApp.d
-	@$(MAKE) -C Tests tests
+	@$(MAKE) -C Tests dstargateway_tests
+
+.PHONY run-tests:
+	@$(MAKE) -C Tests run-tests
 
 FORCE:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Tests/Makefile b/Tests/Makefile
index 155361a..6b393dc 100644
--- a/Tests/Makefile
+++ b/Tests/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ SRCS = $(wildcard *.cpp) $(wildcard ../*.cpp)
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.cpp=.o)
 DEPS = $(SRCS:.cpp=.d)
 
-.PHONY tests:
-tests: $(OBJS)
+dstargateway_tests: $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) $(CPPFLAGS) -o dstargateway_tests $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) -lgtest -lgtest_main
 
 %.o : %.cpp
@@ -12,7 +11,9 @@ tests: $(OBJS)
 
 -include $(DEPS)
 
+.PHONY run-tests: dstargateway_tests 
+	./dstargateway_tests
+
 .PHONY clean :
 clean :
 	@$(RM) $(OBJS) $(DEPS) dstargateway_tests
-