diff --git a/CI/ci-linux.sh b/CI/ci-linux.sh
index 508c4a768c0bc2ed5733b6854db7bdd211a79d8f..fdd85138535bec32b813ce52a8bd20823df960e9 100755
--- a/CI/ci-linux.sh
+++ b/CI/ci-linux.sh
@@ -28,16 +28,21 @@ elif [ "$LANGUAGE" == "C++11" ]; then
   BUILDPATH="$BUILDPATH-cpp11"  
 fi  
 
-#########################################
 
-# Make release build folder
-if [ ! -d build-release-$BUILDPATH ]; then
-  mkdir build-release-$BUILDPATH
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Building Release version with vectorchecks enabled"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
+
+if [ ! -d build-release-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks ]; then
+  mkdir build-release-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks
 fi
 
-cd build-release-$BUILDPATH
+cd build-release-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks
 
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON $OPTIONS ../
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=OFF $OPTIONS ../
 
 #build it
 make
@@ -45,36 +50,69 @@ make
 #build the unit tests
 make unittests
 
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Running unittests Release version with vectorchecks enabled"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
 
-#########################################
-# Run Release Unittests
-#########################################
 cd Unittests
 
 #execute tests
 ./unittests --gtest_color=yes --gtest_output=xml
 
 cd ..
+cd ..
+
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Building Release version with vectorchecks disabled for python tests"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
+if [ ! -d build-release-$BUILDPATH ]; then
+  mkdir build-release-$BUILDPATH
+fi
+
+cd build-release-$BUILDPATH
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_APPS=OFF $OPTIONS ../
+
+#build it
+make
+
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Running Python unittests Release version "
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
 
 # Execute Python unittests
 cd Python-Unittests
+
 python -m unittest discover -v
 
 cd ..
 cd ..
 
 
-#########################################
-# Build Debug version and Unittests
-#########################################
 
-if [ ! -d build-debug-$BUILDPATH ]; then
-  mkdir build-debug-$BUILDPATH
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Building Debug version with vectorchecks enabled"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
+
+if [ ! -d build-debug-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks ]; then
+  mkdir build-debug-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks
 fi
 
-cd build-debug-$BUILDPATH
+cd build-debug-$BUILDPATH-Vector-Checks
 
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON $OPTIONS ../
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DOPENMESH_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS=TRUE -DSTL_VECTOR_CHECKS=ON -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=OFF $OPTIONS ../
 
 #build it
 make
@@ -82,22 +120,46 @@ make
 #build the unit tests
 make unittests
 
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Running unittests Debug version with vectorchecks enabled"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
 
-#########################################
-# Run Debug Unittests
-#########################################
 
 cd Unittests
 
-# Run the unittests
+#execute tests
 ./unittests --gtest_color=yes --gtest_output=xml
 
 cd ..
+cd ..
+
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Building Debug version with vectorchecks disabled for python tests"
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
+if [ ! -d build-debug-$BUILDPATH ]; then
+  mkdir build-debug-$BUILDPATH
+fi
+
+cd build-debug-$BUILDPATH
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DEBUG -DOPENMESH_BUILD_PYTHON_UNIT_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_APPS=OFF $OPTIONS ../
+
+#build it
+make
+
+echo "\n"
+echo "\n"
+echo "======================================================================"
+echo "Running Python unittests Debug version "
+echo "====================================================================== \n"
+
 
 # Execute Python unittests
 cd Python-Unittests
-python -m unittest discover -v
-
-cd ..
-cd ..
 
+python -m unittest discover -v