diff --git a/cmake/CMakeTest.cmake b/cmake/CMakeTest.cmake
index 7e8a664..f280b41 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CMakeTest.cmake
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
 else()
   set(makecerts_result 1)
 endif()
-
 if(makecerts_result)
+  message(STATUS "makecerts.sh failed")
   if(makecerts_output)
-    message(STATUS "makecerts.sh failed: ${makecerts_output}")
+    message(STATUS "${makecerts_output}")
   endif()
   file(COPY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/certs"
     DESTINATION "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/Testing"
diff --git a/tests/certs/tsa-serial b/tests/certs/tsa-serial
deleted file mode 100644
index 487db5f..0000000
--- a/tests/certs/tsa-serial
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-7f6f24f728adda6a80c55f00607e8ad9
diff --git a/tests/conf/makecerts.sh b/tests/conf/makecerts.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index fb19b0b..654de41
--- a/tests/conf/makecerts.sh
+++ b/tests/conf/makecerts.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ make_certs() {
   echo 1001 > "CA/crlnumber"
   date > "makecerts.log"
   "$OPENSSL" version 2>> "makecerts.log" 1>&2
-  echo -n "$password" > "password.txt"
+  echo -n "$password" > tmp/password.txt
 
   printf "\nGenerate root CA certificate\n" >> "makecerts.log"
   "$OPENSSL" genrsa -out CA/CA.key \
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ make_certs() {
       -a -s tmp/crosscert.pem -a -s tmp/expired.pem -a -s tmp/revoked.pem -a -s tmp/revoked.spc \
       -a -s tmp/TSA.pem -a -s tmp/TSA.key -a -s tmp/tsa-chain.pem
   then
-    cp tmp/* ./
+    mkdir "../certs"
+    cp tmp/* ../certs
     printf "%s" "keys & certificates successfully generated"
   else
     printf "%s" "error logs ${result_path}/makecerts.log"