diff --git a/src-tauri/src/capture.rs b/src-tauri/src/capture.rs
index f12633e..66ed932 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/capture.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/capture.rs
@@ -156,32 +156,28 @@ fn test_capture_sink_loop(
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-fn handle_test_capture_stream(mut stream: TcpStream, state: SharedState, app: AppHandle) {
-    let _ = stream.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)));
+fn read_test_capture_stream<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut bytes = Vec::new();
     let mut buffer = [0u8; 32 * 1024];
+
     loop {
-        match stream.read(&mut buffer) {
+        match reader.read(&mut buffer) {
             Ok(0) => break,
             Ok(read) => bytes.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]),
             Err(error) if matches!(error.kind(), ErrorKind::WouldBlock | ErrorKind::TimedOut) => break,
-            Err(error) => {
-                process_payload(
-                    &state,
-                    &app,
-                    "cups-test",
-                    "FieldLens-Test-Capture".into(),
-                    bytes,
-                    false,
-                    Some(format!("test capture read failed: {error}")),
-                );
-                return;
-            }
+            Err(error) => return Err(error),
         }
     }
 
-    if !bytes.is_empty() {
-        process_payload(
+    Ok(bytes)
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn handle_test_capture_stream(mut stream: TcpStream, state: SharedState, app: AppHandle) {
+    let _ = stream.set_read_timeout(Some(Duration::from_secs(2)));
+
+    match read_test_capture_stream(&mut stream) {
+        Ok(bytes) if !bytes.is_empty() => process_payload(
             &state,
             &app,
             "cups-test",
@@ -189,7 +185,17 @@ fn handle_test_capture_stream(mut stream: TcpStream, state: SharedState, app: Ap
             bytes,
             false,
             None,
-        );
+        ),
+        Ok(_) => {}
+        Err(error) => process_payload(
+            &state,
+            &app,
+            "cups-test",
+            "FieldLens-Test-Capture".into(),
+            vec![],
+            false,
+            Some(format!("test capture read failed: {error}")),
+        ),
     }
 }
 
@@ -910,30 +916,17 @@ mod self_test_regressions {
     use super::*;
     use std::io::Cursor;
 
-    fn read_test_capture<R: Read>(mut reader: R) -> Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error> {
-        let mut bytes = Vec::new();
-        let mut buffer = [0u8; 32 * 1024];
-        loop {
-            match reader.read(&mut buffer) {
-                Ok(0) => break,
-                Ok(read) => bytes.extend_from_slice(&buffer[..read]),
-                Err(error) => return Err(error),
-            }
-        }
-        Ok(bytes)
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn self_test_stream_payload_is_preserved_for_capture_processing() {
         let payload = b"%PDF-1.4\nFieldLens capture self-test\n%%EOF\n";
-        let bytes = read_test_capture(Cursor::new(payload)).expect("read self-test payload");
+        let bytes = read_test_capture_stream(Cursor::new(payload)).expect("read self-test payload");
         assert_eq!(bytes, payload);
         assert!(!bytes.is_empty());
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn empty_self_test_stream_stays_empty() {
-        let bytes = read_test_capture(Cursor::new(Vec::<u8>::new()))
+        let bytes = read_test_capture_stream(Cursor::new(Vec::<u8>::new()))
             .expect("read empty self-test payload");
         assert!(bytes.is_empty());
     }