diff --git a/IDAWin/CMakeLists.txt b/IDAWin/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b72c06f..0dcf9f0a 100644
--- a/IDAWin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/IDAWin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ enable_testing()
 
 if (MINGW)
 	set(test_sundials_exe ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${EXE_FILE}.exe)
+	set(python_cmd py)
 else (MINGW)
 	set(test_sundials_exe ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${EXE_FILE})
+	set(python_cmd python3)
 endif (MINGW)
 set(test_dir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/smoke)
 
-# smoke test as a bash script, for python test example, see NFsim/tests/smoke
-add_test(NAME ${EXE_FILE}_smoke COMMAND bash -c "${test_dir}/smoke.sh ${test_sundials_exe}" WORKING_DIRECTORY ${test_dir})
+# smoke test as a python script, for bash test example, see NFsim/tests/smoke
+add_test(NAME ${EXE_FILE}_smoke COMMAND ${python_cmd} ${test_dir}/smoke.py ${test_sundials_exe} WORKING_DIRECTORY ${test_dir})
 
 
 add_executable(
diff --git a/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.py b/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c024c55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import os
+import posixpath
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+# function to numerically compare the contents of two text files to determine approximate equality
+# each line is a space delimited list of numbers, compare them to within 8 significant figures
+def compare_files(file1: Path, file2: Path, tolerance: float):
+    with open(file1, 'r') as f1, open(file2, 'r') as f2:
+        for line1, line2 in zip(f1, f2):
+            line1 = [float(x) for x in line1.split()]
+            line2 = [float(x) for x in line2.split()]
+            for x, y in zip(line1, line2):
+                if x != y and abs(x - y) > tolerance * max(abs(x), abs(y)):
+                    return False
+    return True
+
+
+# get the directory of this script
+test_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+# in the path replace \ with /, D:\ with /d/
+test_dir = test_dir.replace("\\", "/")
+# tell os.path.join to use / as the path separator
+os.path.sep = "/"
+exe = sys.argv[1]
+
+print(f"test_dir: {test_dir}")
+print(f"exe: {exe}")
+
+input_file = posixpath.join(test_dir, "SimID_1489333437_0_.cvodeInput")
+output_file = posixpath.join(test_dir, "SimID_1489333437_0_.ida")
+expected_output_file = posixpath.join(test_dir, "SimID_1489333437_0_.ida.expected")
+
+if not posixpath.exists(exe):
+    print(f"SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 executable {exe} not found. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if not posixpath.exists(input_file):
+    print(f"Input file {input_file} not found. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if not posixpath.exists(expected_output_file):
+    print(f"Expected output file {expected_output_file} not found. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+command = [exe, input_file, output_file]
+print(" ".join(command))
+
+try:
+    subprocess.check_call(command)
+except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+    print("SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 failed to run. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# verify that the output files exist
+if not os.path.isfile(output_file):
+    print(f"Output file {output_file} not found. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+# verify that the output files match the expected output files
+if not compare_files(file1=Path(output_file), file2=Path(expected_output_file), tolerance=1e-8):
+    print(f"Output file {output_file} does not match expected output {expected_output_file}. Exiting...")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print("SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 solver completed and solution matched expected output. Exiting...")
+sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.sh b/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6eeb6722..00000000
--- a/IDAWin/tests/smoke/smoke.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-EXE=$1
-
-echo "Running SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 solver with smoke.sh $EXE"
-
-# get the directory of this script
-TEST_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-INPUT="${TEST_DIR}/SimID_1489333437_0_.cvodeInput"
-OUTPUT="${TEST_DIR}/SimID_1489333437_0_.ida"
-EXPECTED_OUTPUT="${TEST_DIR}/SimID_1489333437_0_.ida.expected"
-
-if [ ! -f "$EXE" ]; then
-    echo "NFsim executable $EXE not found. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -f "$INPUT" ]; then
-    echo "Input file $INPUT not found. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-if [ ! -f "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT" ]; then
-    echo "Expected output file $EXPECTED not found. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-
-command="$EXE $INPUT $OUTPUT"
-echo "$command"
-if ! $command; then
-    echo "SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 failed to run. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# verify that the output files exist
-if [ ! -f "$OUTPUT" ]; then
-    echo "Output file $OUTPUT not found. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# verify that the output files match the expected output files
-if ! diff "$OUTPUT" "$EXPECTED_OUTPUT"; then
-    echo "Output file $OUTPUT does not match expected output $EXPECTED_OUTPUT. Exiting..."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "SundialsSolverStandalone_x64 solver completed and solution matched expected output. Exiting..."
-exit 0