diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 918d861b..aa03700f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -12,11 +12,14 @@ jobs:
           name: Test
           command: swift test 2>&1 | xcpretty
       - run:
-          name: Build release
-          command: make build
+          name: Check Project Diff
+          command: ./diff-fixtures.sh
       - run:
           name: Build Test Project
           command: ./build-fixtures.sh
+      - run:
+          name: Build release
+          command: make build
   macOS_swift_4.2:
     macos:
       xcode: "10.0.0"
@@ -25,16 +28,19 @@ jobs:
       - run: 
           name: Build
           command: swift build
+      - run:
+          name: Test
+          command: swift test 2>&1 | xcpretty
       # disabled till UUID's are stable
       # - run:
-      #     name: Test
-      #     command: swift test 2>&1 | xcpretty
-      - run:
-          name: Build release
-          command: make build
+      #     name: Check Project Diff
+      #     command: ./diff-fixtures.sh
       - run:
           name: Build Test Project
           command: ./build-fixtures.sh
+      - run:
+          name: Build release
+          command: make build
 workflows:
   version: 2
   workflow:
diff --git a/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectFixtureTests.swift b/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectFixtureTests.swift
index b66e50b3..028c7173 100644
--- a/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectFixtureTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectFixtureTests.swift
@@ -62,21 +62,7 @@ fileprivate func generateXcodeProject(specPath: Path, projectPath: Path, file: S
     let project = try Project(path: specPath)
     let generator = ProjectGenerator(project: project)
     let xcodeProject = try generator.generateXcodeProject()
-    let oldProject = try XcodeProj(path: projectPath)
-    let pbxProjPath = projectPath + XcodeProj.pbxprojPath(projectPath)
-    let oldProjectString: String = try pbxProjPath.read()
     try xcodeProject.write(path: projectPath, override: true)
-    let newProjectString: String = try pbxProjPath.read()
 
-    let newProject = try XcodeProj(path: projectPath)
-    let stringDiff = newProjectString != oldProjectString
-    if newProject != oldProject || stringDiff {
-        var message = "\(projectPath.string) has changed. If change is legitimate commit the change and run test again"
-        if stringDiff {
-            message += ":\n\n\(pbxProjPath):\n\(prettyFirstDifferenceBetweenStrings(oldProjectString, newProjectString))"
-        }
-        throw failure(message, file: file, line: line)
-    }
-
-    return newProject
+    return xcodeProject
 }
diff --git a/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectGeneratorTests.swift b/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectGeneratorTests.swift
index 7e5e624d..df246301 100644
--- a/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectGeneratorTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/XcodeGenKitTests/ProjectGeneratorTests.swift
@@ -733,15 +733,14 @@ class ProjectGeneratorTests: XCTestCase {
                 }
                 let buildPhases = nativeTarget.buildPhases
 
-                let scripts = pbxProject.objects.shellScriptBuildPhases.objectReferences
-                let script1 = scripts[0]
-                let script2 = scripts[1]
-                try expect(scripts.count) == 2
-                try expect(buildPhases.first) == script1.reference
-                try expect(buildPhases.last) == script2.reference
+                let scripts = pbxProject.objects.shellScriptBuildPhases
+                let script1 = scripts.first { $0.value.shellScript == "script1" }
+                let script2 = scripts.first { $0.value.shellScript == "script2" }
 
-                try expect(script1.object.shellScript) == "script1"
-                try expect(script2.object.shellScript) == "script2"
+                try expect(scripts.count) == 2
+
+                try expect(buildPhases.first) == script1?.key
+                try expect(buildPhases.last) == script2?.key
             }
 
             $0.it("generates targets with cylical dependencies") {
diff --git a/diff-fixtures.sh b/diff-fixtures.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..183a9bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diff-fixtures.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+if [[ `git status --porcelain Tests/Fixtures/TestProject` ]]; then
+  echo ""
+  echo "⚠️  Generated TestProject has changed."
+  echo "⚠️  If this is a valid change please run the tests and commit the updated TestProject."
+  echo ""
+  git --no-pager diff --color=always Tests/Fixtures/TestProject
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "✅  Generated TestProject has not changed."
+fi