diff --git a/src/libhictk/balancing/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libhictk/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
index fefed0f1..e6325e44 100644
--- a/src/libhictk/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libhictk/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ target_link_system_libraries(
   bshoshany-thread-pool::bshoshany-thread-pool
   nonstd::span-lite
   phmap
-        xxHash::xxhash
+  xxHash::xxhash
   "zstd::libzstd_$<IF:$<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>,shared,static>")
 
 target_compile_definitions(balancing INTERFACE span_FEATURE_MAKE_SPAN=1)
diff --git a/test/units/balancing/CMakeLists.txt b/test/units/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
index 22804fdd..4d9f96c7 100644
--- a/test/units/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/units/balancing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ target_link_system_libraries(
   Catch2::Catch2WithMain
   std::filesystem)
 
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Testing/)
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Testing/")
 
 # automatically discover tests that are defined in catch based test files you can modify the unittests. TEST_PREFIX to
 # whatever you want, or use different for different binaries
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ catch_discover_tests(
   TEST_SUFFIX
   " - SHORT"
   WORKING_DIRECTORY
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
   OUTPUT_DIR
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Testing/
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Testing/"
   EXTRA_ARGS
   --success
   --skip-benchmarks)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ catch_discover_tests(
   TEST_SUFFIX
   " - MEDIUM"
   WORKING_DIRECTORY
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
   EXTRA_ARGS
   --success
   --skip-benchmarks)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ catch_discover_tests(
   TEST_SUFFIX
   " - LONG"
   WORKING_DIRECTORY
-  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}"
   EXTRA_ARGS
   --success
   --skip-benchmarks)