diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 10508bc71..506cc9bbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,67 @@ jobs:
           name: c3-windows-${{ matrix.build_type }}
           path: build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe
 
+  build-msvc-2019:
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    strategy:
+      # Don't abort runners if a single one fails
+      fail-fast: true
+      matrix:
+        build_type: [ Release, Debug ]
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: cmd
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: CMake
+        run: |
+          cmake -B build -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
+          cmake --build build --config ${{ matrix.build_type }}
+
+      - name: Compile and run some examples
+        run: |
+          cd resources
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\hello_world_many.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\time.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\fannkuch-redux.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\contextfree\boolerr.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\ls.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\load_world.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-run examples\process.c3
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile --test -g -O0 --threads 1 --target macos-x64 examples\constants.c3                  
+
+      - name: Build testproject
+        run: |
+          cd resources/testproject
+          ..\..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe --debug-log run hello_world_win32
+
+      - name: Build testproject lib
+        run: |
+          cd resources/testproject
+          ..\..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe --debug-log build hello_world_win32_lib
+
+      - name: Vendor-fetch
+        run: |
+          build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe vendor-fetch raylib
+
+      - name: run compiler tests
+        run: |
+          cd test
+          python3.exe src/tester.py ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe test_suite/
+
+      - name: Compile run unit tests
+        run: |
+          cd test
+          ..\build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe compile-test unit -O1
+
+      - name: upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: c3-windows-${{ matrix.build_type }}
+          path: build\${{ matrix.build_type }}\c3c.exe
+
   build-msys2-mingw:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     strategy: