diff --git a/src/examples/misc/DstExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/DstExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 183c6d1fa..ffa91ed25 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/DstExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/DstExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ add_jana_plugin(DstExample)
 
 add_test(
     NAME jana-example-dst-tests 
-    COMMAND jana -Pplugins=DstExample)
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=DstExample)
 set_tests_properties(jana-example-dst-tests PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 )
diff --git a/src/examples/misc/EventGroupExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/EventGroupExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 7cca0898a..9508166c6 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/EventGroupExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/EventGroupExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 add_jana_plugin(EventGroupExample)
 
 add_test(NAME jana-example-eventgroup-tests 
-    COMMAND jana -Pplugins=EventGroupExample)
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=EventGroupExample)
+
 set_tests_properties(jana-example-eventgroup-tests PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 )
-
diff --git a/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 0873875e3..b69436391 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/RootDatamodelExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if(${USE_ROOT})
     install(FILES ${my_pcms} DESTINATION lib/JANA/plugins)
 
     add_test(NAME jana-example-rootdatamodel-tests
-        COMMAND jana -Pplugins=RootDatamodelExample -Pjana:nevents=10)
+        COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=RootDatamodelExample -Pjana:nevents=10)
         
     set_tests_properties(jana-example-rootdatamodel-tests
         PROPERTIES
diff --git a/src/examples/misc/TimesliceExample/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/TimesliceExample/CMakeLists.txt
index 3834b369f..db6cddf40 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/TimesliceExample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/TimesliceExample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ if (USE_PODIO)
     target_link_libraries(TimesliceExample PUBLIC PodioDatamodel PodioDatamodelDict podio::podioRootIO)
 
     add_test(NAME jana-example-timeslices-simple-tests
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/jana -Pplugins=TimesliceExample -Puse_timeslices=0 -Pjana:nevents=10 events.root)
+        COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=TimesliceExample -Puse_timeslices=0 -Pjana:nevents=10 events.root)
+
     set_tests_properties(jana-example-timeslices-simple-tests PROPERTIES
         ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     )
 
     add_test(NAME jana-example-timeslices-complex-tests
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/jana -Pplugins=TimesliceExample -Puse_timeslices=1 -Pjana:nevents=10 timeslices.root)
+        COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=TimesliceExample -Puse_timeslices=1 -Pjana:nevents=10 timeslices.root)
+
     set_tests_properties(jana-example-timeslices-complex-tests PROPERTIES
         ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
     )
diff --git a/src/examples/misc/Tutorial/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/misc/Tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cf9c2662..ba7fcbaa1 100644
--- a/src/examples/misc/Tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/misc/Tutorial/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 add_jana_plugin(Tutorial)
 
 add_test(NAME jana-example-tutorial-tests
-    COMMAND jana -Pplugins=Tutorial -Pjana:nevents=50)
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=Tutorial -Pjana:nevents=50)
+
 set_tests_properties(jana-example-tutorial-tests PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 )
 
-
diff --git a/src/examples/tutorial_with_lightweight_datamodel/02_random_hit_source/CMakeLists.txt b/src/examples/tutorial_with_lightweight_datamodel/02_random_hit_source/CMakeLists.txt
index cb03d3d42..1f1a9781d 100644
--- a/src/examples/tutorial_with_lightweight_datamodel/02_random_hit_source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/examples/tutorial_with_lightweight_datamodel/02_random_hit_source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ add_jana_plugin(lw_random_hit_source
 )
 target_link_libraries(lw_random_hit_source PUBLIC lw_random_hit_source_common)
 
-add_test(NAME examples-lw-00-smoketest COMMAND jana -Pplugins=lw_random_hit_source -Pjana:nevents=10)
+add_test(NAME examples-lw-00-smoketest COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=lw_random_hit_source -Pjana:nevents=10)
 
 set_tests_properties(examples-lw-00-smoketest PROPERTIES
     LABELS "examples"
diff --git a/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bf01353d..027fcc98a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/JTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 add_jana_plugin(JTest)
 
 add_test(NAME jana-plugin-jtest-tests
-    COMMAND jana -Pplugins=JTest -Pjana:nevents=20)
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=JTest -Pjana:nevents=20)
+
 set_tests_properties(jana-plugin-jtest-tests PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 )
 
-
diff --git a/src/plugins/janadot/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/janadot/CMakeLists.txt
index 69614ca04..62b9a389a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/janadot/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/janadot/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 target_link_libraries(janadot PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
 
 add_test(NAME jana-plugin-janadot-tests
-    COMMAND jana -Pplugins=JTest,janadot -Pjana:nevents=10)
+    COMMAND $<TARGET_FILE:jana> -Pplugins=JTest,janadot -Pjana:nevents=10)
+
 set_tests_properties(jana-plugin-janadot-tests PROPERTIES
     ENVIRONMENT "JANA_PLUGIN_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/JANA/plugins;LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:jana2_shared_lib>:$ENV{LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 )