diff --git a/examples/simple_counter/.cargo/config.toml b/examples/simple_counter/.cargo/config.toml
index 4dd630322..f96e108b0 100644
--- a/examples/simple_counter/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/examples/simple_counter/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [alias]
 uniffi-gen-swift = "run --bin uniffi-bindgen generate --library target/release/libshared.dylib --language swift --out-dir shared/generated/swift/SharedFFI"
 uniffi-gen-java = "run --bin uniffi-bindgen generate --library target/release/libshared.dylib --language kotlin --out-dir shared/generated/java"
+generate-types = "run --bin generate-types --features typegen"
diff --git a/examples/simple_counter/Android/shared/build.gradle b/examples/simple_counter/Android/shared/build.gradle
index 6bb902a49..071dfaeeb 100644
--- a/examples/simple_counter/Android/shared/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/simple_counter/Android/shared/build.gradle
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ tasks.register('bindGen', Exec) {
 tasks.register('typesGen', Exec) {
     workingDir "../../"
     if (System.getProperty('os.name').toLowerCase().contains('windows')) {
-        commandLine("cmd", "/c", "cargo test -p shared --features typegen")
+        commandLine("cmd", "/c", "cargo run --bin generate-types --features typegen")
     } else {
-        commandLine("sh", "-c", "cargo test -p shared --features typegen")
+        commandLine("sh", "-c", "cargo run --bin generate-types --features typegen")
     }
 }
diff --git a/examples/simple_counter/Cargo.lock b/examples/simple_counter/Cargo.lock
index 3e678b37b..b49cf653f 100644
--- a/examples/simple_counter/Cargo.lock
+++ b/examples/simple_counter/Cargo.lock
@@ -2830,7 +2830,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "shared"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
  "crux_core",
  "lazy_static",
  "serde",
diff --git a/examples/simple_counter/shared/Cargo.toml b/examples/simple_counter/shared/Cargo.toml
index 5094207c5..25576ad26 100644
--- a/examples/simple_counter/shared/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/simple_counter/shared/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ rust-version = "1.66"
 crate-type = ["lib", "staticlib", "cdylib"]
 name = "shared"
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "generate-types"
+required-features = ["typegen"]
+
 [features]
 typegen = ["crux_core/typegen"]
 
@@ -20,6 +24,3 @@ wasm-bindgen = "0.2.92"
 
 [target.uniffi-bindgen.dependencies]
 uniffi = { workspace = true, features = ["cli"] }
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-anyhow.workspace = true
diff --git a/examples/simple_counter/shared/tests/typegen.rs b/examples/simple_counter/shared/src/bin/generate-types.rs
similarity index 74%
rename from examples/simple_counter/shared/tests/typegen.rs
rename to examples/simple_counter/shared/src/bin/generate-types.rs
index 251451129..ff233eec2 100644
--- a/examples/simple_counter/shared/tests/typegen.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_counter/shared/src/bin/generate-types.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 use crux_core::typegen::TypeGen;
 use shared::Counter;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use uniffi::deps::anyhow;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "typegen")]
-#[test]
-fn typegen() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../shared");
-
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut gen = TypeGen::new();
 
     gen.register_app::<Counter>()?;
 
-    let output_root = PathBuf::from("./generated");
+    let output_root = PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("generated");
 
     gen.swift("SharedTypes", output_root.join("swift"))?;