diff --git a/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index b900813e..b0c21f2f 100644
--- a/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ if (${PYTHONINTERP_FOUND})
 
     set(test_scripts_names ddl2cpp)
     file(WRITE ddl2cpp_test.h "
-auto test_scripts_pythonPath = \"${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}\";
+#include <string>
+std::string test_scripts_pythonPath = \"${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}\";
 " )
 
 
diff --git a/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp b/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
index 69f342e3..74f8fc07 100644
--- a/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
+++ b/test_scripts/ddl2cpp.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 //#include "MockDb.h" //todo 1
 #include "ddl2cpp_test.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string>
 int ddl2cpp(int, char* [])
 {
   std::cout << test_scripts_pythonPath; //included from cmake-generated header if python is found
+  std::string args = " scripts/ddl2cpp  -fail-on-parse sample_ddl2cpp.sql";
+  auto python_args = test_scripts_pythonPath + args.c_str();
+  system(python_args.c_str());
   /* maybe todo 1: test compile / db_mock, for now we're just testing that ddl2cpp generates header without errors
    */
   /*