diff --git a/GeoModelIO/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoModelIO/CMakeLists.txt
index cf8bda02f157fa7033637b841de3a9a1bba6f25f..1443b11c7807138f904ddb077260df6271af4fdf 100644
--- a/GeoModelIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoModelIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,9 +48,3 @@ install(
 list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake )
 include( GeoModelIOPackaging )
 
-# global I/O tests
-add_executable(test_io_shared_serialtransformers tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp)
-target_link_libraries( test_io_shared_serialtransformers GeoModelIO::GeoModelDBManager GeoModelCore::GeoModelHelpers GeoModelCore::GeoModelKernel GeoModelIO::GeoModelIOHelpers)
-add_test(NAME testIOSharedSerialTransformers
-         COMMAND test_io_shared_serialtransformers)
-
diff --git a/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/CMakeLists.txt b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/CMakeLists.txt
index 72d6708c460a906d872bc73475d809c6d31d8bfd..a341f58b4d37cba042746417dcb7ff48fd0c2da2 100644
--- a/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,3 +46,10 @@ install(TARGETS GeoModelIOHelpers
 install( FILES ${HEADERS}
    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/GeoModelIOHelpers
    COMPONENT Development )
+
+
+# global I/O tests
+add_executable(test_io_shared_serialtransformers tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp)
+target_link_libraries( test_io_shared_serialtransformers GeoModelIO::GeoModelDBManager GeoModelCore::GeoModelHelpers GeoModelCore::GeoModelKernel GeoModelIO::GeoModelIOHelpers)
+add_test(NAME testIOSharedSerialTransformers
+         COMMAND test_io_shared_serialtransformers)
diff --git a/GeoModelIO/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp
similarity index 99%
rename from GeoModelIO/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp
rename to GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp
index bc0bbbbf390f743dd443f2b3311c422f1f978f63..fd68c274fe0b1448dee19abd89c41ba5dc009a45 100644
--- a/GeoModelIO/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp
+++ b/GeoModelIO/GeoModelIOHelpers/tests/test_io_shared_serialtransformers.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  */
 
-
+//pipppo  
 // GeoModel includes
 #include "GeoGenericFunctions/AbsFunction.h"
 #include "GeoGenericFunctions/Cos.h"
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
     // --- I/O TESTS ---
     std::cout << "\nTests:\n";
-    unsigned loglevel = 3;
+    unsigned loglevel = 2;
     unsigned printtests = 1;
     const bool forceDelete = true;
     std::pair<bool, std::map<std::string, bool>> tests =