diff --git a/tests/run_tests.py b/tests/run_tests.py
index 24858dffa71ae01681e0ec12b454c73527cc789e..a6a0d97208d4afee16a824d7998c092a42c3695e 100644
--- a/tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ elif sys.platform == "win32":
 
     cmake_parameters = [cmake_executable, gtest_prefix , "-G", cmake_generator ,"-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug","-DOPENFLIPPER_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE" ]
 
+    # debugging
+    #--------
+    cmake_parameters.append("--verbose")
+    #--------
+
     cmake_parameters.extend(cmake_configuration_list)
     cmake_parameters.append("..")
 
@@ -187,8 +192,6 @@ ctest = subprocess.run(
     [ctest_executable, "-C", "Debug", "--no-tests=error", "--no-compress-output", "--output-on-failure","--gtest_output=xml:report.xml", "--verbose"])
 
 print("Return Code: ", ctest.returncode)
-print("Stdout: ", ctest.stdout)
-print("Stderr: ", ctest.stderr)
 
 if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"report.xml")):
   print("No report found! Directory content:")