diff --git a/.github/workflows/bld.yml b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
index 58ed9da..cfed82f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bld.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bld.yml
@@ -1,43 +1,13 @@
 name: bld-ci
 
-on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
+on: [ push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch ]
 
 jobs:
   build-bld-project:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        java-version: [17, 21, 24]
-        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20]
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout source repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up JDK ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: "zulu"
-          java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
-
-      - name: Download dependencies [examples]
-        working-directory: examples
-        run: ./bld download
-
-      - name: Download dependencies
-        run: ./bld download
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: ./bld compile test
-
-  build-bld-examples:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        java-version: [17, 21, 24]
-        kotlin-version: [1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20]
+        java-version: [ 17, 21, 24 ]
+        kotlin-version: [ 1.9.25, 2.0.21, 2.1.20 ]
         os: [ ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest ]
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -60,4 +30,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests [examples]
         working-directory: examples
+        run: ./bld compile test
+
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./bld download
+
+      - name: Run tests
         run: ./bld compile test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
index a3adce1..d4830fd 100644
--- a/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
+++ b/src/bld/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperationBuild.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import rife.bld.publish.PublishLicense;
 import rife.bld.publish.PublishScm;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Repository.*;
 import static rife.bld.dependencies.Scope.compile;
@@ -97,10 +98,13 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperationBuild extends Project {
 
     @Override
     public void test() throws Exception {
-        new ExecOperation()
-                .fromProject(this)
-                .command("scripts/cliargs.sh")
-                .execute();
+        var os = System.getProperty("os.name");
+        if (os != null && os.toLowerCase(Locale.US).contains("linux")) {
+            new ExecOperation()
+                    .fromProject(this)
+                    .command("scripts/cliargs.sh")
+                    .execute();
+        }
         super.test();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
index 0ee06d8..26437a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/CompileKotlinOperation.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(CompileKotlinOperation.class.getName());
     private static final String OS_NAME =
             System.getProperty("os.name") != null ? System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase(Locale.US) : null;
-    private static final String KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE = "kotlinc" + (isWindows() ? ".bat" : "");
+    private static final String KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE = "kotlinc" + (isWindows() && !isCygwin() && !isMinGW() ? ".bat" : "");
     private final Collection<String> compileMainClasspath_ = new ArrayList<>();
     private final Collection<String> compileTestClasspath_ = new ArrayList<>();
     private final JvmOptions jvmOptions_ = new JvmOptions();
@@ -191,6 +191,17 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
         return KOTLINC_EXECUTABLE;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if the current runtime environment is Cygwin.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the current runtime environment is Cygwin, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @since 1.1.0
+     */
+    public static boolean isCygwin() {
+        var path = System.getenv("ORIGINAL_PATH");
+        return path != null && path.contains("/cygdrive/");
+    }
+
     private static boolean isExecutable(File file) {
         return file != null && file.exists() && file.isFile() && file.canExecute();
     }
@@ -212,7 +223,18 @@ public class CompileKotlinOperation extends AbstractOperation<CompileKotlinOpera
      * @since 1.1.0
      */
     public static boolean isMacOS() {
-        return OS_NAME != null && (OS_NAME.contains("mac") || OS_NAME.contains("darwin"));
+        return OS_NAME != null && (OS_NAME.contains("mac") || OS_NAME.contains("darwin") || OS_NAME.contains("osx"));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if the current runtime environment is MinGW.
+     *
+     * @return {@code true} if the current runtime environment is MinGW, {@code false} otherwise.
+     * @since 1.1.0
+     */
+    public static boolean isMinGW() {
+        var msys = System.getenv("MSYSTEM");
+        return msys != null && (msys.startsWith("MINGW") || msys.startsWith("MSYS"));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
index 02f9a59..83d29fc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/kotlin/CompileOptionsTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package rife.bld.extension.kotlin;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.AutoCloseableSoftAssertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -199,6 +201,7 @@ class CompileOptionsTest {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @EnabledOnOs(OS.LINUX)
     void testCheckAllParams() throws IOException {
         var args = Files.readAllLines(Paths.get("src", "test", "resources", "kotlinc-args.txt"));