diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 02c0a550c45..73dba70e38a 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -165,9 +165,12 @@ for:
 
     test_script:
       - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true echo == RUNNING UNIT TESTS FOR JKQtPlotter CMAKE BUILD ===============================================
-      - cmd: cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
-      - cmd: cd build
-      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true ctest -C --config "%CONFIGURATION%" --output-on-failure --output-junit test-results.xml
+      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
+      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true cd build
+      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true ctest --version
+      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true ctest --print-labels --build-config "%CONFIGURATION%"
+      - cmd: if %USE_CMAKE%==true ctest --build-config "%CONFIGURATION%" -VV --output-on-failure --output-junit test-results.xml
+
 
     after_test:
       - find "$APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER" -type f -name 'test-results.xml' -print0 | xargs -0 -I '{}' curl -F 'file=@{}' "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/junit/$APPVEYOR_JOB_ID" 
@@ -274,7 +277,7 @@ for:
               cd examples/cmake_link_example
               mkdir build
               cd build
-              cmake -G "$CONFIGURATION" "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QTDIR;$CIMG_INCLUDE_DIR;$APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\install" .. 
+              cmake -G "$CMAKE_GENERATOR" "-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$QTDIR;$CIMG_INCLUDE_DIR;$APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER\install" .. 
               cmake --build . --config "$CONFIGURATION" -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) -- $CMAKE_BUILDFLAGS
               cd ..
             fi
@@ -285,8 +288,10 @@ for:
               echo == RUNNING UNIT TESTS FOR JKQtPlotter CMAKE BUILD ===============================================
               cd $APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER
               cd build
-              ctest -C --config "$CONFIGURATION" --output-on-failure --output-junit test-results.xml
-            fi
+              ctest --version
+              ctest --print-labels --build-config "$CONFIGURATION"
+              ctest --build-config "$CONFIGURATION" -VV --output-on-failure --output-junit test-results.xml
+           fi
     after_test:
       - find "$APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER" -type f -name 'test-results.xml' -print0 | xargs -0 -I '{}' curl -F 'file=@{}' "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/junit/$APPVEYOR_JOB_ID"