diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 739fbf2..35b4841 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ before_build:
   - cmd: mkdir c:\projects\platform_folders\build
   - cmd: cd c:\projects\platform_folders\build
   # I know this is ugly, but the matrix didn't work, and newlines seem to not be supported
-  - cmd: IF %APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%=="Visual Studio 2015" (IF %PLATFORM%=="x86" (cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" ..) ELSE (cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T host=x64 ..)) ELSE (IF %PLATFORM%=="x86" (cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" ..) ELSE (cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T host=x64 ..))
+  - cmd: IF "%APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%"=="Visual Studio 2015" (IF "%PLATFORM%"=="x86" (cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015" ..) ELSE (cmake -G "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64" -T host=x64 ..)) ELSE (IF "%PLATFORM%"=="x86" (cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" ..) ELSE (cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017 Win64" -T host=x64 ..))
 
 # Runs MSBuild.exe with logging & some options
 build:
   # Allows for faster builds
   parallel: true
   # The solution file is the name of the project() given to Cmake
-  project: platform_folders.sln
+  project: c:\projects\platform_folders\build\platform_folders.sln
   # Trust me, you don't want higher than minimal. Even this is spammy
   verbosity: minimal
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ build:
 # to run your custom scripts instead of automatic tests
 # The %CONFIGURATION% and %PLATFORM% variables are set from Appveyor as env-vars
 test_script:
-  - cmd: MSBuild.exe /p:Configuration=%CONFIGURATION% /p:Platform=%PLATFORM% /v:minimal RUN_TESTS.vcxproj
+  - cmd: MSBuild.exe /p:Configuration="%CONFIGURATION%" /p:Platform="%PLATFORM%" /v:minimal c:\projects\platform_folders\build\RUN_TESTS.vcxproj
 
 #---------------------------------#
 #        global handlers          #
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ test_script:
 
 # on build failure dump cmake err log
 on_failure:
-  - cmd: type c:\projects\platform_folders\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeError.log
+  - cmd: IF exist c:\projects\platform_folders\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeError.log (type c:\projects\platform_folders\build\CMakeFiles\CMakeError.log)