diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index fc68a85b2..968770356 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ jobs:
           sudo make install
 
       - name: test
+        working-directory: tests/cmake
         run: |
-          cd tests/cmake
           cmake . -DTEST:STRING="defaults-enabled" -DCMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE=1
           cmake --build .
 
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           mkdir build
           cd build
-          cmake ..
+          cmake .. -DJWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
           sudo cmake --install .
 
       - name: test
+        working-directory: tests/cmake
         run: |
-          cd tests/cmake
           cmake . -DTEST:STRING="defaults-enabled"
           cmake --build .
 
@@ -114,6 +114,25 @@ jobs:
           cmake . -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="/opt/jwt-cpp" -DTEST:STRING="defaults-enabled" -DCMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE=1
           cmake --build .
 
+  root-hint-install-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: lukka/get-cmake@latest
+
+      - name: setup
+        run: |
+          mkdir build
+          cd build
+          cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:STRING="/opt/jwt-cpp" -DJWT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+          make install
+
+      - name: test
+        run: |
+          cd tests/cmake
+          cmake . -Djwt-cpp_ROOT="/opt/jwt-cpp" -DTEST:STRING="defaults-enabled" -DCMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE=1
+          cmake --build .
+
   custom-install-win:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
@@ -214,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake . -DTEST:STRING="wolfssl-is-used"
           cmake --build .
 
-  with-hunter:
+  with-hunter: # This is actually testing the integration with the package management
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-platform.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-platform.yml
index 1716d9cc9..b25d126cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-platform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-platform.yml
@@ -29,20 +29,10 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: cmake --build .
 
-      - if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
-        name: test
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/build
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          ./example/rsa-create
-          ./example/rsa-verify
-
-      - if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        name: test
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/build
+      - name: test
         run: |
-          example\Debug\rsa-create.exe
-          example\Debug\rsa-verify.exe
+          cmake --build build/ --target rsa-create-run
+          cmake --build build/ --target rsa-verify-run
 
       - if: github.event_name == 'push' && always()
         uses: ./.github/actions/badge
diff --git a/.github/workflows/jwt.yml b/.github/workflows/jwt.yml
index 6bd10ffe2..2291cbb54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jwt.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jwt.yml
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@ jobs:
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DJWT_ENABLE_FUZZING=ON
         
     - name: run
-      working-directory: build
       run: |
-        make jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseEncodeFuzz jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseDecodeFuzz jwt-cpp-fuzz-TokenDecodeFuzz
-        ./tests/fuzz/jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseEncodeFuzz -runs=100000
-        ./tests/fuzz/jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseDecodeFuzz -runs=100000 ../tests/fuzz/decode-corpus
-        ./tests/fuzz/jwt-cpp-fuzz-TokenDecodeFuzz -runs=100000 ../tests/fuzz/token-corpus
+        cmake --build build/ --target jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseEncodeFuzz-run
+        cmake --build build/ --target jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseDecodeFuzz-run
+        cmake --build build/ --target jwt-cpp-fuzz-TokenDecodeFuzz-run
 
   asan: # Based on https://gist.github.com/jlblancoc/44be9d4d466f0a973b1f3808a8e56782
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7cd7ef531..fc6a18ff9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Nuget CD
+name: Release CD
 
 on:
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
diff --git a/.github/workflows/targets.yml b/.github/workflows/targets.yml
index d331c4a2e..dfda4986f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/targets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/targets.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake ..
+          cmake --build .
           cmake --install .
       - name: test
         working-directory: tests/cmake
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake --build .
 
   gcc-12:
+    name: GCC 12
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
       image: ubuntu:jammy-20231004 # 22.04 
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir build
           cd build
           cmake ..
+          cmake --build .
           cmake --install .
 
       - name: test
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index a153b57b1..94b749ecb 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,18 +13,22 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable(print-claims print-claims.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(print-claims jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
+add_custom_target(print-claims-run COMMAND print-claims)
 
 add_executable(private-claims private-claims.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(private-claims jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
 
 add_executable(rsa-create rsa-create.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(rsa-create jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
+add_custom_target(rsa-create-run COMMAND rsa-create)
 
 add_executable(rsa-verify rsa-verify.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(rsa-verify jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
+add_custom_target(rsa-verify-run COMMAND rsa-verify)
 
 add_executable(jwks-verify jwks-verify.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(jwks-verify jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
+add_custom_target(jwks-verify-run COMMAND jwks-verify)
 
 add_executable(es256k es256k.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(es256k jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index c41809f7d..356aa3b80 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ target_link_libraries(jwt-cpp-test PRIVATE jwt-cpp nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
                                            $<$<NOT:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>>:${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}>)
 
 gtest_discover_tests(jwt-cpp-test)
+add_custom_target(jwt-cpp-test-run COMMAND jwt-cpp-test)
 
 if(JWT_ENABLE_COVERAGE)
   include("code-coverage")
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
index 1860731fe..4bacf5c24 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/fuzz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,16 +5,20 @@ endif()
 function(ADD_FUZZING_EXECUTABLE TARGET)
   add_executable(jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET} "${TARGET}.cpp")
   target_compile_options(
-    jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET}
-    PRIVATE -g -O1 -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,signed-integer-overflow,undefined
-            -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
-  target_link_options(
-    jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET} PRIVATE
-    -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,signed-integer-overflow,undefined
-    -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+    jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET} PRIVATE -g -O1 -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,signed-integer-overflow,undefined
+                                   -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+  target_link_options(jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET} PRIVATE -fsanitize=fuzzer,address,signed-integer-overflow,undefined
+                      -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
   target_link_libraries(jwt-cpp-fuzz-${TARGET} PRIVATE jwt-cpp::jwt-cpp)
 endfunction()
 
 add_fuzzing_executable(BaseEncodeFuzz)
+add_custom_target(jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseEncodeFuzz-run COMMAND jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseEncodeFuzz -runs=100000)
+
 add_fuzzing_executable(BaseDecodeFuzz)
+add_custom_target(jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseDecodeFuzz-run COMMAND jwt-cpp-fuzz-BaseDecodeFuzz -runs=100000 decode-corpus
+                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
+
 add_fuzzing_executable(TokenDecodeFuzz)
+add_custom_target(jwt-cpp-fuzz-TokenDecodeFuzz-run COMMAND jwt-cpp-fuzz-TokenDecodeFuzz -runs=100000 token-corpus
+                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})