diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ff3527b..cc2d1dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - testing
+      - /^feature/$/
 
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - master
+      - /^feature/$/
 
 jobs:
   clang_tests:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aae7f2c..5c1267c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 compile_commands.json
 .clang-format
 experiment/
+build/
+subprojects/*
+!subprojects/*.wrap
diff --git a/include/ss/converter.hpp b/include/ss/converter.hpp
index 4c6c0c9..25be27c 100644
--- a/include/ss/converter.hpp
+++ b/include/ss/converter.hpp
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace ss {
-INIT_HAS_METHOD(tied);
-INIT_HAS_METHOD(ss_valid);
-INIT_HAS_METHOD(error);
+INIT_HAS_METHOD(tied)
+INIT_HAS_METHOD(ss_valid)
+INIT_HAS_METHOD(error)
 
 ////////////////
 // replace validator
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public:
     no_void_validator_tup_t<T, Ts...> convert(const split_input& elems) {
         if constexpr (sizeof...(Ts) == 0 &&
                       is_instance_of<T, std::tuple>::value) {
-            return convert_impl(elems, (T*){});
+            return convert_impl(elems, static_cast<T*>(nullptr));
 
         } else if constexpr (tied_class_v<T, Ts...>) {
             using arg_ref_tuple =
@@ -156,7 +156,8 @@ public:
             using arg_tuple =
                 typename apply_trait<std::decay, arg_ref_tuple>::type;
 
-            return to_object<T>(convert_impl(elems, (arg_tuple*){}));
+            return to_object<T>(
+                convert_impl(elems, static_cast<arg_tuple*>(nullptr)));
         } else {
             return convert_impl<T, Ts...>(elems);
         }
@@ -167,13 +168,9 @@ public:
                                                          : bool_error_ == false;
     }
 
-    const std::string& error_msg() const {
-        return string_error_;
-    }
+    const std::string& error_msg() const { return string_error_; }
 
-    void set_error_mode(error_mode mode) {
-        error_mode_ = mode;
-    }
+    void set_error_mode(error_mode mode) { error_mode_ = mode; }
 
     // 'splits' string by given delimiter, returns vector of pairs which
     // contain the beginings and the ends of each column of the string
@@ -286,9 +283,7 @@ private:
         return input_;
     }
 
-    bool no_match(const char* end, char delim) const {
-        return *end != delim;
-    }
+    bool no_match(const char* end, char delim) const { return *end != delim; }
 
     bool no_match(const char* end, const std::string& delim) const {
         return strncmp(end, delim.c_str(), delim.size()) != 0;
@@ -361,7 +356,7 @@ private:
         no_void_validator_tup_t<Ts...> ret;
         extract_multiple<0, 0, Ts...>(ret, elems);
         return ret;
-    };
+    }
 
     ////////////////
     // members
diff --git a/include/ss/parser.hpp b/include/ss/parser.hpp
index 6a4e807..a0ed111 100644
--- a/include/ss/parser.hpp
+++ b/include/ss/parser.hpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public:
         using Ret = no_void_validator_tup_t<Ts...>;
         return try_invoke_and_make_composite<
             std::optional<Ret>>(get_next<Ts...>(), std::forward<Fun>(fun));
-    };
+    }
 
     // identical to try_next but returns composite with object instead of a
     // tuple
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public:
     composite<std::optional<T>> try_object(Fun&& fun = none{}) {
         return try_invoke_and_make_composite<
             std::optional<T>>(get_object<T, Ts...>(), std::forward<Fun>(fun));
-    };
+    }
 
 private:
     template <typename...>
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c59bd09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+project('ssp', 'cpp', 
+  default_options : 
+  ['warning_level=3', 
+    'cpp_std=c++17', 
+    'buildtype=debug'])
+
+includes = include_directories('include')
+subdir('test')
diff --git a/subprojects/doctest.wrap b/subprojects/doctest.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..906440d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/doctest.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/onqtam/doctest
+revision = master
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6f43bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+test_sources = files([
+      'test_main.cpp',
+      'test_converter.cpp',
+      'test_parser.cpp',
+      'test_extractions.cpp',
+      ])
+
+doctest_proj = subproject('doctest')
+doctest_dep = doctest_proj.get_variable('doctest_dep')
+
+test_exe = executable('test_ssp', 
+  sources: test_sources, 
+  dependencies: doctest_dep, 
+  include_directories: includes,
+  cpp_args: '-lstdc++fs'
+  )
+
+test('tests_ssp', test_exe)
diff --git a/test/test_converter.cpp b/test/test_converter.cpp
index dcea7f6..3e77ae7 100644
--- a/test/test_converter.cpp
+++ b/test/test_converter.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <doctest/doctest.h>
+#include <doctest.h>
 #include <ss/converter.hpp>
 
 TEST_CASE("testing split") {
diff --git a/test/test_extractions.cpp b/test/test_extractions.cpp
index 564ac86..8b0dbd7 100644
--- a/test/test_extractions.cpp
+++ b/test/test_extractions.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include <ss/extract.hpp>
-#include <doctest/doctest.h>
+#include <doctest.h>
 #include <algorithm>
 
 constexpr auto eps = 0.000001;
diff --git a/test/test_main.cpp b/test/test_main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8e3a4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define DOCTEST_CONFIG_IMPLEMENT_WITH_MAIN
+#include <doctest.h>
diff --git a/test/test_parser.cpp b/test/test_parser.cpp
index cb02cfc..2706103 100644
--- a/test/test_parser.cpp
+++ b/test/test_parser.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
-#include <ss/parser.hpp>
-#include <doctest/doctest.h>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <doctest.h>
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <ss/parser.hpp>
 
 struct unique_file_name {
     const std::string name;
 
-    unique_file_name() : name{std::tmpnam(nullptr)} {
-    }
+    unique_file_name() : name{std::tmpnam(nullptr)} {}
 
-    ~unique_file_name() {
-        std::filesystem::remove(name);
-    }
+    ~unique_file_name() { std::filesystem::remove(name); }
 };
 
 struct X {
@@ -27,9 +25,7 @@ struct X {
             .append(delim)
             .append(s);
     }
-    auto tied() const {
-        return std::tie(i, d, s);
-    }
+    auto tied() const { return std::tie(i, d, s); }
 };
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -165,13 +161,10 @@ struct test_struct {
     int i;
     double d;
     char c;
-    auto tied() {
-        return std::tie(i, d, c);
-    }
+    auto tied() { return std::tie(i, d, c); }
 };
 
-void expect_test_struct(const test_struct&) {
-}
+void expect_test_struct(const test_struct&) {}
 
 // various scenarios
 TEST_CASE("testing composite conversion") {
@@ -393,9 +386,7 @@ struct my_string {
 
     my_string() = default;
 
-    ~my_string() {
-        delete[] data;
-    }
+    ~my_string() { delete[] data; }
 
     // make sure no object is copied
     my_string(const my_string&) = delete;
@@ -426,9 +417,7 @@ struct xyz {
     my_string x;
     my_string y;
     my_string z;
-    auto tied() {
-        return std::tie(x, y, z);
-    }
+    auto tied() { return std::tie(x, y, z); }
 };
 
 TEST_CASE("testing the moving of parsed values") {