diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f93f2b5..ae64f9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 exclude = ["res/", "./flake*", "*.nix", ".envrc", "_config.yml"]
 
 description = "Solver for ADFs grounded semantics by utilising OBDDs - ordered binary decision diagrams"
+build = "build.rs"
 
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
@@ -21,4 +22,3 @@ lexical-sort = "0.3.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-log = "0.2.*"
-test-generator = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bc6994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+//! Buildscript to automatically generate test-cases
+//! Idea found at https://blog.cyplo.dev/posts/2018/12/generate-rust-tests-from-data
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::read_dir;
+use std::fs::DirEntry;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::Write;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+// build script's entry point
+fn main() {
+    gen_tests();
+}
+
+fn gen_tests() {
+    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
+    let destination = Path::new(&out_dir).join("tests.rs");
+    let mut test_file = File::create(&destination).unwrap();
+
+    if let Ok(test_data_directory) = read_dir("./res/adf-instances/instances/") {
+        // write test file header, put `use`, `const` etc there
+        write_header(&mut test_file);
+
+        for file in test_data_directory {
+            write_test(&mut test_file, &file.unwrap());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn write_test(test_file: &mut File, file: &DirEntry) {
+    let file = file.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+    let path = file.display();
+    let test_name = format!("{}", file.file_name().unwrap().to_string_lossy())
+        .replace(".", "_")
+        .replace("-", "_")
+        .to_lowercase();
+    let grounded_name = format!(
+        "{}-grounded.txt",
+        file.as_path().as_os_str().to_string_lossy()
+    )
+    .replace(
+        "adf-instances/instances",
+        "adf-instances/grounded-interpretations",
+    );
+
+    write!(
+        test_file,
+        include_str!("./tests/test_template"),
+        name = test_name,
+        path = path,
+        grounded = grounded_name
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+}
+
+fn write_header(test_file: &mut File) {
+    write!(
+        test_file,
+        r#"
+use adf_bdd::adf::Adf;
+use adf_bdd::parser::AdfParser;
+use test_log::test;
+"#
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index ec84e1a..1f679a7 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -325,9 +325,6 @@ impl AdfParser<'_> {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-
-    use clap::ErrorKind;
-
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/tests/automated.rs b/tests/automated.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index c62092c..0000000
--- a/tests/automated.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-use adf_bdd::{adf::Adf, parser::AdfParser};
-use test_generator::test_resources;
-use test_log::test;
-
-//#[test_resources("res/adf-instances/instances/*.adf")]
-fn compute_grounded(resource: &str) {
-    let grounded = &[
-        "res/adf-instances/grounded-interpretations/",
-        &resource[28..resource.len() - 8],
-        ".apx.adf-grounded.txt",
-    ]
-    .concat();
-    log::debug!("Grounded: {}", grounded);
-    let parser = AdfParser::default();
-    let expected_result = std::fs::read_to_string(grounded);
-    assert!(expected_result.is_ok());
-    let input = std::fs::read_to_string(resource).unwrap();
-    parser.parse()(&input).unwrap();
-    parser.varsort_alphanum();
-    let mut adf = Adf::from_parser(&parser);
-    let grounded = adf.grounded();
-    assert_eq!(
-        format!("{}", adf.print_interpretation(&grounded)),
-        expected_result.unwrap()
-    );
-}
diff --git a/tests/build.rs b/tests/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/tests/test_loader.rs b/tests/test_loader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cec68c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_loader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// automatically include the autogenerated tests
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/tests.rs"));
diff --git a/tests/test_template b/tests/test_template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44efced
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_template
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#[test]
+fn {name}() {{
+    let resource = "{path}";
+    log::debug!("resource: {{}}", resource);
+    let grounded = "{grounded}";
+    log::debug!("Grounded: {{}}", grounded);
+    let parser = AdfParser::default();
+    let expected_result = std::fs::read_to_string(grounded);
+    assert!(expected_result.is_ok());
+    let input = std::fs::read_to_string(resource).unwrap();
+    parser.parse()(&input).unwrap();
+    parser.varsort_alphanum();
+    let mut adf = Adf::from_parser(&parser);
+    let grounded = adf.grounded();
+    assert_eq!(
+        format!("{{}}", adf.print_interpretation(&grounded)),
+        expected_result.unwrap()
+    );
+}}
+