diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df96ec692..5e9ef97eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ option (USE_HDF5 "HDF5 File format" OFF)
 option (USE_TEXTCLIENT "Text Client" OFF)
 option (USE_RECEIVER "Receiver" OFF)
 option (USE_GUI "GUI" OFF)
-option (USE_TESTS "TESTS" OFF)
+option (USE_TESTS "TESTS" ON)
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 6.0)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -std=c++11 -Wno-misleading-indentation")
diff --git a/slsSupportLib/include/Timer.h b/slsSupportLib/include/Timer.h
index a16761081..70b339b5b 100644
--- a/slsSupportLib/include/Timer.h
+++ b/slsSupportLib/include/Timer.h
@@ -5,34 +5,28 @@
 #include <string>
 
 class Timer {
-    using clock      = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock;
+    using clock = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock;
     using time_point = std::chrono::time_point<clock>;
 
-public:
+  public:
     Timer(std::string name = "0")
-        : t0(clock::now())
-        , name_(name)
-    {
+        : t0(clock::now()), name_(name) {
     }
 
-    double elapsed_ms()
-    {
+    double elapsed_ms() {
         return std::chrono::duration<double, std::milli>(clock::now() - t0).count();
     }
-    double elapsed_s()
-    {
+    double elapsed_s() {
         return std::chrono::duration<double>(clock::now() - t0).count();
     }
-    void print_elapsed()
-    {
+    void print_elapsed() {
         std::cout << "Timer \"" << name_ << "\": Elapsed time " << elapsed_ms() << " ms\n";
     }
-    void restart()
-    {
+    void restart() {
         t0 = clock::now();
     }
 
-private:
+  private:
     time_point t0;
     std::string name_;
 };
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a75a89e5a..75559566f 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ include_directories(
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/catch
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/slsSupportLib/include
     ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/slsDetectorSoftware/multiSlsDetector
+    ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/slsDetectorSoftware/sharedMemory
 )
 
 
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@ if(USE_TESTS)
     set(LOCAL_TEST_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
     set(TEST_SOURCES
         ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test-container_utils.cpp
-        ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test-multiDetector.cpp
+        ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test-MySocketTCP.cpp
+        #${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test-multiDetector.cpp
         ${LOCAL_TEST_DIR}/test.cpp
         # PARENT_SCOPE
     )
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ if(USE_TESTS)
     target_link_libraries(test 
         slsDetectorShared
         pthread
+        rt
     )  
     set_target_properties(test PROPERTIES
             RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
diff --git a/tests/src/test-MySocketTCP.cpp b/tests/src/test-MySocketTCP.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..550775fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/test-MySocketTCP.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "catch.hpp"
+#include "MySocketTCP.h"
+// #include "multiSlsDetector.h"
+#include <iostream>
+TEST_CASE("Construct") {
+
+
+//   MySocketTCP(const char* const host_ip_or_name, unsigned short int const port_number):  genericSocket(host_ip_or_name, port_number,TCP){setPacketSize(TCP_PACKET_SIZE);}; // sender (client): where to? ip
+    unsigned short int const port_number = 1966;
+    auto receiver = MySocketTCP(port_number); 
+  REQUIRE(false);
+  
+}
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diff --git a/tests/src/test-container_utils.cpp b/tests/src/test-container_utils.cpp
index 10c8c8b9a..4f1704319 100644
--- a/tests/src/test-container_utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/test-container_utils.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 using sls::allEqual;
 using sls::allEqualTo;
 using sls::anyEqualTo;
-
 using sls::allEqualToWithTol;
 using sls::allEqualWithTol;
 using sls::anyEqualToWithTol;
diff --git a/tests/src/test-multiDetector.cpp b/tests/src/test-multiDetector.cpp
index 3131b6462..ca16cae56 100644
--- a/tests/src/test-multiDetector.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/test-multiDetector.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-#include "catch.hpp"
-#include "multiSlsDetector.h"
+// #include "catch.hpp"
+// #include "multiSlsDetector.h"
 
-#include <iostream>
-TEST_CASE("Initialize a detector") {
-multiSlsDetector det(0, true, true);
-  std::cout << "Size: " << det.getNumberOfDetectors() << std::endl;
-  std::cout << "Hostname: " << det.getHostname() << std::endl;
-  REQUIRE(false);
+// #include <iostream>
+// TEST_CASE("Initialize a detector") {
+// multiSlsDetector det(0, true, true);
+//   std::cout << "Size: " << det.getNumberOfDetectors() << std::endl;
+//   std::cout << "Hostname: " << det.getHostname() << std::endl;
+//   REQUIRE(false);
   
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+// }
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