diff --git a/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.cpp b/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.cpp
index 08119b71..0df0b031 100644
--- a/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.cpp
+++ b/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,28 @@
 #include <limits.h>
 #include <cassert>
 
+void parse_redirectArticles(std::istream& in_stream, redirect_handler handler) {
+  std::string line;
+  int line_number = 1;
+  while (std::getline(in_stream, line)) {
+    std::regex line_regex("^([^\\t]+)\\t([^\\t]+)\\t([^\\t]+)$");
+    std::smatch matches;
+    if (!std::regex_search(line, matches, line_regex) || matches.size() != 4) {
+      throw std::runtime_error(
+        Formatter() << "Invalid line #" << line_number << " : '" << line << "'"
+      );
+    }
+
+    Redirect redirect = {
+      .path= matches[1].str(),
+      .title = matches[2].str(),
+      .target = matches[3].str()
+    };
+    handler(redirect);
+    ++line_number;
+  }
+}
+
 bool isVerbose();
 
 ZimCreatorFS::ZimCreatorFS(std::string _directoryPath)
@@ -49,26 +71,14 @@ ZimCreatorFS::ZimCreatorFS(std::string _directoryPath)
 void ZimCreatorFS::add_redirectArticles_from_file(const std::string& path)
 {
   std::ifstream in_stream;
-  std::string line;
 
   in_stream.open(path.c_str());
-  int line_number = 1;
-  while (std::getline(in_stream, line)) {
-    std::regex line_regex("(.+)\\t(.+)\\t(.+)");
-    std::smatch matches;
-    if (!std::regex_search(line, matches, line_regex) || matches.size() != 5) {
-      std::cerr << "zimwriterfs: line #" << line_number
-                << " has invalid format in redirect file " << path << ": '"
-                << line << "'" << std::endl;
-      in_stream.close();
-      exit(1);
-    }
-
-    auto path = matches[1].str();
-    auto title = matches[2].str();
-    auto redirectUrl = matches[3].str();
-    addRedirection(path, title, redirectUrl);
-    ++line_number;
+  try {
+    parse_redirectArticles(in_stream, [this](Redirect redirect) {this->addRedirection(redirect.path, redirect.title, redirect.target);});
+  } catch(const std::runtime_error& e) {
+    std::cerr << e.what() << "\nin redirect file " << path << std::endl;
+    in_stream.close();
+    exit(1);
   }
   in_stream.close();
 }
diff --git a/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.h b/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.h
index e56d2e59..eb53c61d 100644
--- a/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.h
+++ b/src/zimwriterfs/zimcreatorfs.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
+#include <functional>
 
 #include <zim/writer/creator.h>
 
@@ -54,4 +55,11 @@ class ZimCreatorFS : public zim::writer::Creator
   std::string canonical_basedir;
 };
 
+struct Redirect {
+  std::string path, title, target;
+};
+
+using redirect_handler = std::function<void(Redirect)>;
+void parse_redirectArticles(std::istream& in_stream, redirect_handler handler);
+
 #endif  // OPENZIM_ZIMWRITERFS_ARTICLESOURCE_H
diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c5e972a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+googletest-release-1.8.1
+googletest-1.13.0
+packagecache
diff --git a/subprojects/gtest.wrap b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ba9c9b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gtest.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = googletest-release-1.8.1
+
+source_url = https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-1.8.1.zip
+source_filename = gtest-1.8.1.zip
+source_hash = 927827c183d01734cc5cfef85e0ff3f5a92ffe6188e0d18e909c5efebf28a0c7
+
+patch_url = https://wrapdb.mesonbuild.com/v1/projects/gtest/1.8.1/1/get_zip
+patch_filename = gtest-1.8.1-1-wrap.zip
+patch_hash = f79f5fd46e09507b3f2e09a51ea6eb20020effe543335f5aee59f30cc8d15805
diff --git a/test/zimwriterfs-zimcreatorfs.cpp b/test/zimwriterfs-zimcreatorfs.cpp
index ffeb71f0..e56a7483 100644
--- a/test/zimwriterfs-zimcreatorfs.cpp
+++ b/test/zimwriterfs-zimcreatorfs.cpp
@@ -127,3 +127,54 @@ TEST(ZimCreatorFSTest, ThrowsErrorIfDirectoryNotExist)
     ZimCreatorFS zimCreator("Non-existing-dir");
   }, std::invalid_argument );
 }
+
+bool operator==(const Redirect& a, const Redirect& b) {
+  return a.path == b.path && a.title == b.title && a.target == b.target;
+}
+
+TEST(ZimCreatorFSTest, ParseRedirect)
+{
+  {
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << "path\ttitle\ttarget\n";
+  ss << "A/path/to/somewhere\tAn amazing title\tAnother/path";
+
+  std::vector<Redirect> found;
+  parse_redirectArticles(
+    ss,
+    [&](Redirect redirect)
+     {found.push_back(redirect);}
+  );
+
+  const std::vector<Redirect> expected {
+    {"path", "title", "target"},
+    {"A/path/to/somewhere", "An amazing title", "Another/path"}
+  };
+  EXPECT_EQ(found, expected);
+  }
+
+
+  {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << "A/path\tOups, no target";
+    EXPECT_THROW({
+      parse_redirectArticles(
+            ss,
+            [&](Redirect redirect)
+             {}
+          );
+    }, std::runtime_error);
+  }
+
+  {
+      std::stringstream ss;
+      ss << "A/path\ttitle\ttarget\tOups, too many tabs\n";
+      EXPECT_THROW({
+        parse_redirectArticles(
+              ss,
+              [&](Redirect redirect)
+               {}
+            );
+      }, std::runtime_error);
+    }
+}