diff --git a/vlib/szip/szip.v b/vlib/szip/szip.v
index 844db053d6..cd3dd5b456 100644
--- a/vlib/szip/szip.v
+++ b/vlib/szip/szip.v
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ pub fn (mut zentry Zip) extract_entry(path string) ? {
 	}
 }
 
-
 // extract zip file to directory
 pub fn extract_zip_to_dir(file string, dir string) ?bool {
 	if C.access(dir.str, 0) == -1 {
@@ -215,19 +214,17 @@ pub fn extract_zip_to_dir(file string, dir string) ?bool {
 
 // zip files (full path) to zip file
 pub fn zip_files(path_to_file []string, path_to_export_zip string) ? {
-
 	// open or create new zip
-	mut zip := szip.open(path_to_export_zip, .no_compression, .write) or { panic(err) }
+	mut zip := open(path_to_export_zip, .no_compression, .write) or { panic(err) }
 
 	// add all files from the directory to the archive
 	for file in path_to_file {
-
 		// add file to zip
 		zip.open_entry(os.base(file)) or { panic(err) }
 		file_as_byte := os.read_bytes(file) or { panic(err) }
-        zip.write_entry(file_as_byte) or { panic(err) }
+		zip.write_entry(file_as_byte) or { panic(err) }
 
-        zip.close_entry()
+		zip.close_entry()
 	}
 
 	// close zip
@@ -237,7 +234,6 @@ pub fn zip_files(path_to_file []string, path_to_export_zip string) ? {
 }
 
 /*
-
 TODO add 
 // zip all files in directory to zip file
 pub fn zip_folder(path_to_dir string, path_to_export_zip string) {
diff --git a/vlib/szip/szip_test.v b/vlib/szip/szip_test.v
index ac0249bbcf..a391758895 100644
--- a/vlib/szip/szip_test.v
+++ b/vlib/szip/szip_test.v
@@ -1,37 +1,37 @@
 import szip
 import os
 
-fn test_szip() {
+const (
+	test_out_zip = 'v_test_zip.zip'
+	test_path    = 'zip files'
+	fpath1       = os.join_path(test_path, 'file_1.txt')
+	fpath2       = os.join_path(test_path, 'file_2.txt')
+)
 
-// create temp files for zip/unzip test
-	test_path := 'zip files'
-	test_out_zip := 'v_test_zip.zip'
-	
-	os.mkdir(test_path) or { panic(err) }
-	os.write_file(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_1.txt', 'file one') or { panic(err) }
-	os.write_file(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_2.txt', 'file file two') or { panic(err) }
+fn test_szip_create_temp_files() ? {
+	os.chdir(os.temp_dir())
+	os.rmdir_all(test_path) or {}
+	os.mkdir(test_path) ?
+	os.write_file(fpath1, 'file one') ?
+	os.write_file(fpath2, 'file two') ?
+	assert os.exists(fpath1)
+	assert os.exists(fpath2)
+}
 
-	// get list files from directory
-	mut files := os.ls(test_path) or { panic(err) }
-	for mut file in files {
-		file = os.getwd() + os.path_separator + test_path + os.path_separator + *file
-	}
-
-// zip files
-	szip.zip_files(files, test_out_zip) or { panic(err) }
+fn test_zipping_files() ? {
+	files := (os.ls(test_path) ?).map(os.join_path(test_path, it))
+	szip.zip_files(files, test_out_zip) ?
 	assert os.exists(test_out_zip)
+}
 
-// remove files before next test
-	os.rm(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_1.txt') or { panic(err) }
-	os.rm(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_2.txt') or { panic(err) }
-
-// extract test
-	szip.extract_zip_to_dir(test_out_zip, test_path) or { panic(err) }
-	assert os.exists(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_1.txt')
-	assert os.exists(test_path + os.path_separator + 'file_2.txt')
-
-// clear temp files
-	// remove temp files and dir
-	os.rmdir_all (test_path) or { panic(err) }
-	os.rm(test_out_zip) or { }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+fn test_extract_zipped_files() ? {
+	os.rm(fpath1) ?
+	os.rm(fpath2) ?
+	szip.extract_zip_to_dir(test_out_zip, test_path) ?
+	assert os.exists(fpath1)
+	assert os.exists(fpath2)
+	assert (os.read_file(fpath1) ?) == 'file one'
+	assert (os.read_file(fpath2) ?) == 'file two'
+	os.rmdir_all(test_path) ?
+	os.rm(test_out_zip) or {}
+}