diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4a9e5c3..c38b51e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./gradlew assemble
 
-      - name: Genrate Source jar
+      - name: Generate Source jar
         run: |
           ./gradlew androidSourcesJar
 
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index fdcaee7..9085db2 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -279,9 +279,21 @@ task renameLibkiwixSoFile(type: Copy) {
     }
 }
 
+task compileTestFile(type: Exec) {
+    workingDir "${projectDir}/src/test/"
+    commandLine 'javac', '-g', '-d', '.', '-s', '.', '-cp', 'junit-4.13.jar:' + buildDir.path +'/libs/*', 'test.java'
+}
+
+task runTests(type: Exec) {
+    workingDir "${projectDir}/src/test/"
+    dependsOn compileTestFile
+    commandLine 'java', '-Djava.library.path=' + buildDir.path, '-javaagent:jacoco-0.8.7/lib/jacocoagent.jar', '-cp', 'junit-4.13.jar:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar:' + buildDir.path +'/libs/*lib*.jar' + ':.', 'org.junit.runner.JUnitCore', 'test'
+}
+
 task createCodeCoverageReport(type: Exec) {
     workingDir "${projectDir}/src/test/"
-    commandLine 'sh', '-c', "bash 'run_test.sh' ${buildDir}/libs/*lib*.jar $buildDir"
+    dependsOn runTests
+    commandLine 'java', '-jar', 'jacoco-0.8.7/lib/jacococli.jar', 'report', 'jacoco.exec', '--classfiles', 'org/kiwix/libkiwix/', '--classfiles', 'org/kiwix/libzim/', '--html', '../../build/coverage-report', '--xml', 'coverage.xml'
 }
 
 task checkCurrentJavaVersion() {
diff --git a/lib/src/test/run_test.sh b/lib/src/test/run_test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 141c822..0000000
--- a/lib/src/test/run_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
-
-# This script runs the unit test to test the java wrapper.
-# This is not integrated in meson because ... this is not so easy.
-
-die()
-{
-  echo >&2 "!!! ERROR: $*"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-KIWIX_LIB_JAR=$(readlink -f "$1")
-KIWIX_LIB_DIR=$(readlink -f "$2")
-TEST_SOURCE_DIR=$(dirname "$(readlink -f $0)")
-
-cd "$TEST_SOURCE_DIR"
-
-javac -g -d . -s . -cp "junit-4.13.jar:$KIWIX_LIB_JAR" test.java \
-  || die "Compilation failed"
-
-java -Djava.library.path="$KIWIX_LIB_DIR" \
-     -javaagent:jacoco-0.8.7/lib/jacocoagent.jar -cp "junit-4.13.jar:hamcrest-core-1.3.jar:$KIWIX_LIB_JAR:." \
-     org.junit.runner.JUnitCore test \
-  || die "Unit test failed"
-
-java -jar jacoco-0.8.7/lib/jacococli.jar report jacoco.exec \
---classfiles org/kiwix/libkiwix/ \
---classfiles org/kiwix/libzim/ \
---html ../../build/coverage-report --xml coverage.xml
\ No newline at end of file