diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c160fe5..32bf2324 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,20 +139,6 @@ set(FSFW_ADDITIONAL_INC_PATHS
 
 # Check whether the user has already installed Catch2 first
 find_package(Catch2 3)
-# Not installed, so use FetchContent to download and provide Catch2
-if(NOT Catch2_FOUND)
-    include(FetchContent)
-
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-        Catch2
-        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
-        GIT_TAG        v3.0.0-preview4
-    )
-
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)
-    #fixes regression -preview4, to be confirmed in later releases
-    set_target_properties(Catch2 PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
-endif()
 
 ################################################################################
 # Executable and Sources
@@ -182,6 +168,24 @@ elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
 	set(COMPILER_FLAGS "/permissive-")
 endif()
 
+# Not installed, so use FetchContent to download and provide Catch2
+if(NOT Catch2_FOUND)
+    include(FetchContent)
+
+    FetchContent_Declare(
+        Catch2
+        GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git
+        GIT_TAG        v3.0.0-preview4
+    )
+
+    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)
+    #fixes regression -preview4, to be confirmed in later releases
+    set_target_properties(Catch2 PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "")
+    set_target_properties(Catch2 PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "true")
+    set_target_properties(Catch2WithMain PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "true")
+endif()
+
+
 
 add_library(${LIB_EIVE_MISSION})