diff --git a/.github/workflows/full_suite_integration_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/full_suite_integration_tests.yml
index 72565755e2..abd2003432 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/full_suite_integration_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/full_suite_integration_tests.yml
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Prepare Google Service Account
         env:
+          GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT: flank-open-source #needs to be removed.
           GCLOUD_KEY: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_KEY }}
+
         run: |
             if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Windows" ]; then
                 set GCLOUD_DIR="%HOMEPATH%/.config/gcloud/"
diff --git a/common/src/main/kotlin/flank/common/Files.kt b/common/src/main/kotlin/flank/common/Files.kt
index db771f53b7..245be9e610 100644
--- a/common/src/main/kotlin/flank/common/Files.kt
+++ b/common/src/main/kotlin/flank/common/Files.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ fun createCopy(sourceDirectoryLocation: String, destinationDirectoryLocation: St
     copyDirectory(sourceDirectoryLocation, destinationDirectoryLocation)
 }
 
+fun createFileCopy(source: String, destination: String): Path = Files.copy(Paths.get(source), Paths.get(destination))
+
 fun copyDirectory(sourceDirectoryLocation: String, destinationDirectoryLocation: String) {
     Files.walk(Paths.get(sourceDirectoryLocation))
         .forEach { source: Path ->
@@ -68,9 +70,9 @@ fun createSymbolicLink(
     Paths.get(target).toAbsolutePath().normalize()
 )
 
-fun createSymbolicLinkToFile(link: Path, target: Path) {
-    Files.createSymbolicLink(link, target.fileName)
-}
+fun createLinkToFile(link: Path, target: Path): Path =
+    if (isWindows) createFileCopy(target.toString(), link.toString())
+    else Files.createSymbolicLink(link, target.fileName)
 
 fun downloadFile(sourceUrl: String, destination: String) {
     Fuel.download(sourceUrl)
diff --git a/common/src/test/kotlin/flank/common/FilesTest.kt b/common/src/test/kotlin/flank/common/FilesTest.kt
index fc634bd8e2..d7493ad261 100644
--- a/common/src/test/kotlin/flank/common/FilesTest.kt
+++ b/common/src/test/kotlin/flank/common/FilesTest.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class FilesTest {
         val expectedDestination = Paths.get(root.newFolder("temp").toString(), "test.link")
 
         // when
-        createSymbolicLinkToFile(expectedDestination, testFile)
+        createLinkToFile(expectedDestination, testFile)
 
         // then
         assertTrue(Files.isSymbolicLink(expectedDestination))
diff --git a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/ios/xctest/common/InstallParseBinaries.kt b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/ios/xctest/common/InstallParseBinaries.kt
index 595b0dc2e2..0fac5aecd4 100644
--- a/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/ios/xctest/common/InstallParseBinaries.kt
+++ b/test_runner/src/main/kotlin/ftl/ios/xctest/common/InstallParseBinaries.kt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package ftl.ios.xctest.common
 import flank.common.OutputLogLevel
 import flank.common.appDataDirectory
 import flank.common.createDirectoryIfNotExist
-import flank.common.createSymbolicLinkToFile
+import flank.common.createLinkToFile
 import flank.common.downloadFile
 import flank.common.hasAllFiles
 import flank.common.isMacOS
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ private fun downloadAndUnzip(osname: String) {
             it.setExecutable(true)
         }
     Files.delete(destinationFile)
-    createSymbolicLinkToFile(
+    createLinkToFile(
         link = Paths.get(flankBinariesDirectory.toString(), "libatomic.so.1"),
         target = Paths.get(flankBinariesDirectory.toString(), "libatomic.so.1.2.0")
     )