diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
index 524d9639db..316faa0c2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-android.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test Compiler
         run: javac -version
 
+      - name: Print GCC version
+        working-directory: .
+        run: gcc -v
+
+      - name: Build Native Unit Tests as shared library
+        working-directory: ./unit_tests/
+        # we have a unit test of JNI thus we need to build shared library
+        run: make -j4
+
       - name: Build Android
         env:
           RUSEFI_ANDROID_KEYPASS: ${{ secrets.RUSEFI_ANDROID_KEYPASS }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
index 7ad140811b..8fad26c64f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-rusEFI-console.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: .
         run: gcc -v
 
-      - name: Build Tests
+      - name: Build Native Unit Tests as shared library
         working-directory: ./unit_tests/
 # we have a unit test of JNI thus we need to build shared library
         run: make -j4
diff --git a/java_console/io/build.gradle b/java_console/io/build.gradle
index 952f2ce7dc..ed55002d61 100644
--- a/java_console/io/build.gradle
+++ b/java_console/io/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ configurations {
     all*.exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
 }
 
+tasks.withType(Test) {
+    systemProperty "java.library.path", "../../unit_tests/build"
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation libs.javaxJson
     implementation project(':inifile')
diff --git a/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniSandbox.java b/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniSandbox.java
index f978a740f1..0675eed2e0 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniSandbox.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniSandbox.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
  */
 public class JniSandbox {
 
-    private static final String LIBNAME = "lib_rusefi_test";
+    private static final String LIBNAME = "_rusefi_test";
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         loadLibrary();
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ public class JniSandbox {
 
     public static void loadLibrary() {
         String libPath = System.getProperty("java.library.path");
-        String[] list = new File(libPath).list((dir, name) -> name.startsWith(LIBNAME));
+        System.out.println("Checking " + libPath);
+        String[] list = new File(libPath).list((dir, name) -> name.contains(LIBNAME));
         System.out.println(" " + Arrays.toString(list));
         System.loadLibrary(LIBNAME);
     }
diff --git a/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniUnitTest.java b/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniUnitTest.java
index 9bc51b2dda..9326ed4d74 100644
--- a/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniUnitTest.java
+++ b/java_console/io/src/test/java/com/rusefi/native_/JniUnitTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 package com.rusefi.native_;
 
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 public class JniUnitTest {
     @Test
-    @Ignore
     public void run() {
         JniSandbox.loadLibrary();
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/rules.mk b/unit_tests/rules.mk
index ff894285cd..398980c83b 100644
--- a/unit_tests/rules.mk
+++ b/unit_tests/rules.mk
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ ifeq ($(BUILDDIR),.)
   BUILDDIR = build
 endif
 BINARY_OUTPUT = $(BUILDDIR)/$(PROJECT)
-SHARED_OUTPUT = $(BUILDDIR)/lib_$(PROJECT)
 
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
     # todo: something is not right here how can we avoid explicit suffix?
     # should not gcc figure it out based on 'shared' option?
+    SHARED_OUTPUT = $(BUILDDIR)/_$(PROJECT)
 	SHARED_OUTPUT_OPT = $(SHARED_OUTPUT).dll
 else
+    SHARED_OUTPUT = $(BUILDDIR)/lib_$(PROJECT)
 	SHARED_OUTPUT_OPT = $(SHARED_OUTPUT).so
 endif
 
diff --git a/unit_tests/unit_test_rules.mk b/unit_tests/unit_test_rules.mk
index 0405540322..686bbf7bb0 100644
--- a/unit_tests/unit_test_rules.mk
+++ b/unit_tests/unit_test_rules.mk
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ PCHSUB = unit_tests
 include $(PROJECT_DIR)/rusefi_rules.mk
 
 ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
-	SANITIZE = yes
+# at the moment lib asan breaks JNI static library
+	SANITIZE = no
 else
 	SANITIZE = no
 endif