diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-push-check.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-push-check.yml
index 79f60b7..37f02ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-push-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-push-check.yml
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ jobs:
   lint_shellcheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: install shellcheck
+      - name: Install shellcheck
         run: sudo apt-get install -y shellcheck
-      - name: checkout repo
+      - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: lint files against shellcheck
+      - name: Lint files against shellcheck
         run: make lint_shellcheck
   lint_shfmt:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: install shfmt
+      - name: Install shfmt
         run: sudo apt-get install -y shfmt
-      - name: checkout repo
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: lint files against shfmt
+      - name: Lint files against shfmt
         run: make lint_shfmt
   test_setup_linux:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       - lint_shfmt
       - lint_shellcheck
     steps:
-      - name: install soft
+      - name: Install required software
         run: sudo apt install -y tmux git
-      - name: checkout repo
+      - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: run all linux tests
+      - name: Execute all linux tests and check results
         run: ./tests/run_all_linux_tests.sh
diff --git a/tests/linux/test_linux_default_startup.sh b/tests/linux/test_default_start_set_gruvbox_dark256.sh
similarity index 62%
rename from tests/linux/test_linux_default_startup.sh
rename to tests/linux/test_default_start_set_gruvbox_dark256.sh
index e8ac63b..eb68479 100755
--- a/tests/linux/test_linux_default_startup.sh
+++ b/tests/linux/test_default_start_set_gruvbox_dark256.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ CURRENT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source "${CURRENT_DIR}/../tmux_helpers.sh"
 
-# default value of status-left section from gruvbox theme
-readonly STATUS_LEFT_DEFAULT="#[bg=colour241,fg=colour248] #S #[bg=colour237,fg=colour241,nobold,noitalics,nounderscore]"
-
 main() {
   helper_tearup_linux
 
@@ -26,27 +23,29 @@ EOF
 
   cat ~/.tmux.conf
 
-  echo "Current DIR: $CURRENT_DIR"
-
-  # link current repo to plugin list
+  # it's essential to link current repo to the plugins' directory
   ln -sfv "$CURRENT_DIR/../../../tmux-gruvbox" "${HOME}/.tmux/plugins/tmux-gruvbox"
 
-  ls -al ~/.tmux/plugins/
-
   helper_install_tpm_plugins
 
   # start new detached session
   tmux new -d
 
+  # default value of status-left section from gruvbox theme
+  _status_left_expected="#[bg=colour241,fg=colour248] #S #[bg=colour237,fg=colour241,nobold,noitalics,nounderscore]"
+
   # get status of something from theme
   _status_left_current=$(tmux show-option -gqv status-left)
-  if [[ "$STATUS_LEFT_DEFAULT" != "$_status_left_current" ]]; then
-    helper_print_fail_and_exit "status-left did not match" # fail fast
-  else
-    helper_print_success "status-left match"
+  if [[ "$_status_left_current" != "$_status_left_expected" ]]; then
+    helper_print_fail "status-left did not match" "$_status_left_current" "$_status_left_expected"
+    helper_teardown
+    exit 1
   fi
 
+  helper_print_success "status-left match"
   helper_teardown
+  exit 0
+
 }
 
 main "$@"
diff --git a/tests/linux/test_gruvbox_light256_theme_enabled.sh b/tests/linux/test_gruvbox_light256_theme_enabled.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a62099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/linux/test_gruvbox_light256_theme_enabled.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+CURRENT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC1091
+source "${CURRENT_DIR}/../tmux_helpers.sh"
+
+main() {
+  helper_tearup_linux
+
+  cat <<EOF >~/.tmux.conf
+# List of plugins
+set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
+set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
+
+# Other plugins
+set -g @plugin 'egel/tmux-gruvbox'
+set -g @tmux-gruvbox 'light256'
+
+# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
+run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+EOF
+
+  cat ~/.tmux.conf
+
+  # it's essential to link current repo to the plugins' directory
+  ln -sfv "$CURRENT_DIR/../../../tmux-gruvbox" "${HOME}/.tmux/plugins/tmux-gruvbox"
+
+  helper_install_tpm_plugins
+
+  # start new detached session
+  tmux new -d
+
+  # default value of status-left section from gruvbox theme
+  _status_left_expected="#[bg=colour243,fg=colour255] #S #[bg=colour252,fg=colour243,nobold,noitalics,nounderscore]"
+
+  # get status of something from theme
+  _status_left_current=$(tmux show-option -gqv status-left)
+  if [[ "$_status_left_expected" != "$_status_left_current" ]]; then
+    helper_print_fail "status-left did not match" "$_status_left_current" "$_status_left_expected"
+    helper_teardown
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  helper_print_success "status-left match"
+  helper_teardown
+  exit 0
+
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/tests/run_all_linux_tests.sh b/tests/run_all_linux_tests.sh
index a801053..317a2a0 100755
--- a/tests/run_all_linux_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_all_linux_tests.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ main() {
   declare -i _countFailures
   local _files
   _countFailures=0
-  _files=$(find "$CURRENT_DIR" -name "test_linux_*" -type f)
+  _files=$(find "$CURRENT_DIR/linux" -name "test_*" -type f)
   for test in $_files; do
+    printf "\n=============================================="
+    printf "\n %s" "$test"
+    printf "\n=============================================="
     bash -c "$test"
 
     # run all and count failures
diff --git a/tests/tmux_helpers.sh b/tests/tmux_helpers.sh
index 9e45b15..3a6128a 100644
--- a/tests/tmux_helpers.sh
+++ b/tests/tmux_helpers.sh
@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ helper_tearup_linux() {
 }
 
 helper_print_fail() {
-  local _msg="${1:-}"
+  local _msg="${1}"
+  local _current_val="${2}"
+  local _expected_val="${3}"
   printf "FAIL. %s\n" "${_msg}"
+  printf "current value:\t%s" "$_current_val"
+  printf "expected value:\t%s" "$_expected_val"
 }
 
 helper_print_success() {
@@ -34,12 +38,12 @@ helper_print_success() {
 }
 
 helper_print_fail_and_exit() {
-  helper_print_fail "$1"
+  helper_print_fail "$1" "$2" "$3"
   exit 1
 }
 
 helper_print_success_and_exit() {
-  helper_print_success "$1"
+  helper_print_success "$1" "$2" "$3"
   exit 0
 }