diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 247b2f13..cd29a7f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -89,3 +89,22 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: |
             telecominfraproject/oopt-gnpy:${{ steps.extract_tag_name.outputs.GIT_DESC }}
+
+  windows:
+    name: Tests on Windows
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+      - run: |
+          pip install --editable .
+          pip install 'pytest>=5.0.0,<6'
+          pytest -vv
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python_version:
+          - "3.9"
diff --git a/gnpy/tools/cli_examples.py b/gnpy/tools/cli_examples.py
index 5dfa9212..fb311ed7 100644
--- a/gnpy/tools/cli_examples.py
+++ b/gnpy/tools/cli_examples.py
@@ -306,7 +306,6 @@ def path_requests_run(args=None):
     _setup_logging(args)
 
     _logger.info(f'Computing path requests {args.service_filename} into JSON format')
-    print(f'{ansi_escapes.blue}Computing path requests {os.path.relpath(args.service_filename)} into JSON format{ansi_escapes.reset}')
 
     (equipment, network) = load_common_data(args.equipment, args.topology, args.sim_params, args.save_network_before_autodesign)
 
diff --git a/tests/invocation/path_requests_run b/tests/invocation/path_requests_run
index b75a0c6a..78348ce9 100644
--- a/tests/invocation/path_requests_run
+++ b/tests/invocation/path_requests_run
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-Computing path requests gnpy/example-data/meshTopologyExampleV2.xls into JSON format
 List of disjunctions
 [Disjunction 3
 	relaxable:    false
diff --git a/tests/test_invocation.py b/tests/test_invocation.py
index 0c100011..66bf3cd4 100644
--- a/tests/test_invocation.py
+++ b/tests/test_invocation.py
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ SRC_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
     ('openroadm-Stockholm-Gothenburg', transmission_main_example,
      ['-e', 'gnpy/example-data/eqpt_config_openroadm.json', 'gnpy/example-data/Sweden_OpenROADM_example_network.json', ]),
 ))
-def test_example_invocation(capfdbinary, output, handler, args):
+def test_example_invocation(capfd, output, handler, args):
     '''Make sure that our examples produce useful output'''
     os.chdir(SRC_ROOT)
-    expected = open(SRC_ROOT / 'tests' / 'invocation' / output, mode='rb').read()
+    expected = open(SRC_ROOT / 'tests' / 'invocation' / output, mode='r', encoding='utf-8').read()
     handler(args)
-    captured = capfdbinary.readouterr()
-    assert captured.out.decode('utf-8') == expected.decode('utf-8')
-    assert captured.err == b''
+    captured = capfd.readouterr()
+    assert captured.out == expected
+    assert captured.err == ''
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('program', ('gnpy-transmission-example', 'gnpy-path-request'))
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def test_run_wrapper(program):
 
 def test_conversion_xls():
     proc = subprocess.run(
-        ('gnpy-convert-xls', SRC_ROOT / 'tests' / 'data' / 'testTopology.xls', '--output', '/dev/null'),
+        ('gnpy-convert-xls', SRC_ROOT / 'tests' / 'data' / 'testTopology.xls', '--output', os.path.devnull),
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, check=True, universal_newlines=True)
     assert proc.stderr == ''
-    assert '/dev/null' in proc.stdout
+    assert os.path.devnull in proc.stdout