diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 29bda50c0..9281d1811 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if (NOT N EQUAL 0)
     )
 endif ()
 
-option(KAMPING_TEST_ENABLE_SANITIZERS "Enable undefined behavior sanitizer and address sanitizer." ON)
+option(KAMPING_TEST_ENABLE_SANITIZERS "Enable undefined behavior sanitizer and address sanitizer." OFF)
 
 # Registering tests without MPI:
 kamping_register_test(test_checking_casts FILES checking_casts_test.cpp)
diff --git a/tests/cmake/KampingTestHelper.cmake b/tests/cmake/KampingTestHelper.cmake
index ca8d41434..ab399a860 100644
--- a/tests/cmake/KampingTestHelper.cmake
+++ b/tests/cmake/KampingTestHelper.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function (kamping_register_test KAMPING_TARGET_NAME)
     add_executable(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} ${KAMPING_FILES})
     target_link_libraries(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE gtest gtest_main gmock kamping_base)
     target_compile_options(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${KAMPING_WARNING_FLAGS})
-    gtest_discover_tests(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_DIR})
+    gtest_discover_tests(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_DIR} DISCOVERY_MODE PRE_TEST)
     kamping_set_kassert_flags(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} ${ARGN})
     if (NOT ${KAMPING_NO_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_CONTAINERS})
         target_compile_definitions(${KAMPING_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG)