diff --git a/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index 8daea82c..b900813e 100644
--- a/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 # Copyright (c) 2013-2016, Roland Bock, Alexey Elymanov
 # All rights reserved.
 #
@@ -25,8 +26,6 @@
 
 include(FindPythonInterp)
 if (${PYTHONINTERP_FOUND})
-  message( STATUS "Python found: " ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} )
-
   execute_process(
           COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "import pyparsing"
           RESULT_VARIABLE PythonRESULT
@@ -36,9 +35,12 @@ if (${PYTHONINTERP_FOUND})
   if (${PythonRESULT})
     message( STATUS "Pyparsing is not installed." ${PythonRESULT} )
   else()
-    message( STATUS "Pyparsing is installed." )
-    message( STATUS "Enabling sql2ddl tests.")
+    message( STATUS "Pyparsing is installed: Enabling sql2ddl tests." )
+
     set(test_scripts_names ddl2cpp)
+    file(WRITE ddl2cpp_test.h "
+auto test_scripts_pythonPath = \"${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}\";
+" )
 
 
     create_test_sourcelist(test_scripts_sources test_scripts_main.cpp ${test_scripts_names})
diff --git a/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp b/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
index 7dbd8462..69f342e3 100644
--- a/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
+++ b/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 #include <sqlpp11/sqlpp11.h>
-
+//#include "MockDb.h" //todo 1
+#include "ddl2cpp_test.h"
+#include <iostream>
 int ddl2cpp(int, char* [])
 {
+  std::cout << test_scripts_pythonPath; //included from cmake-generated header if python is found
+  /* maybe todo 1: test compile / db_mock, for now we're just testing that ddl2cpp generates header without errors
+   */
+  /*
+  MockDb db = {};
+  MockDb::_serializer_context_t printer = {};
+
+  const auto f = test::TabFoo{};
+  const auto t = test::TabBar{};
+  const auto tab_a = f.as(sqlpp::alias::a);
+
+  getColumn(db, t._epsilon); //underscore bug check
+  */
+
   return 0;
 }
+
+
+