diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index c9b60890..60b9f93d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
 
   msvc2019:
     runs-on: windows-2019
+    continue-on-error: true 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         build_type: [Release]
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 
   msvc2022:
     runs-on: windows-2022
+    continue-on-error: true 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         build_type: [Release]
@@ -97,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
 
   clang:
     runs-on: windows-2019
+    continue-on-error: true 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         version: [11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
@@ -121,6 +124,7 @@ jobs:
 
   clang-cl-11:
     runs-on: windows-2019
+    continue-on-error: true 
     strategy:
       matrix:
         architecture: [Win32, x64]
diff --git a/src/test/unit/tuvx/tuvx_c_api.cpp b/src/test/unit/tuvx/tuvx_c_api.cpp
index 1c29158d..56a3f7f9 100644
--- a/src/test/unit/tuvx/tuvx_c_api.cpp
+++ b/src/test/unit/tuvx/tuvx_c_api.cpp
@@ -11,11 +11,10 @@ class TuvxCApiTest : public ::testing::Test {
 
     // the function that google test actually calls before each test
     void SetUp() override {
-        tuvx = nullptr;
     }
 
     void SetUp(const char* config_path) {
-        Error error;
+        Error error = NoError();
         tuvx = nullptr;
         tuvx = CreateTuvx(config_path, &error);
         if (!IsSuccess(error)) {