diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 275065dd..6bdf0343 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ project(mp-units
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
-# set paths to Conan packages
-include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan_paths.cmake OPTIONAL)
+# set restrictive compilation warnings
+include(warnings)
+set_warnings()
 
 # enable static analysis
 #enable_clang_tidy()
@@ -36,10 +37,6 @@ include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan_paths.cmake OPTIONAL)
 # add project code
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
-# set restrictive compilation warnings
-include(warnings)
-set_warnings(mp-units INTERFACE)
-
 # add usage example
 add_subdirectory(example)
 
diff --git a/cmake/warnings.cmake b/cmake/warnings.cmake
index ce7feda0..d816b947 100644
--- a/cmake/warnings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/warnings.cmake
@@ -25,21 +25,13 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 
 # Configure compiler warning level
-function(set_warnings target scope)
+function(set_warnings)
     option(WARNINGS_AS_ERRORS "Treat compiler warnings as errors" TRUE)
 
-    if(NOT TARGET ${target})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "'${target}' is not a CMake target")
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT (scope STREQUAL "PRIVATE" OR scope STREQUAL "PUBLIC" OR scope STREQUAL "INTERFACE"))
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "'${scope}' is not one of (PRIVATE, PUBLIC, INTERFACE)")
-    endif()
-
     set(MSVC_WARNINGS
         /W4 # Baseline reasonable warnings
         /w14062 # enumerator 'identifier' in a switch of enum 'enumeration' is not handled
-    #   /w14242 # 'identifier': conversion from 'type1' to 'type1', possible loss of data
+        /w14242 # 'identifier': conversion from 'type1' to 'type1', possible loss of data
         /w14254 # 'operator': conversion from 'type1:field_bits' to 'type2:field_bits', possible loss of data
         /w14263 # 'function': member function does not override any base class virtual member function
         /w14265 # 'classname': class has virtual functions, but destructor is not
@@ -67,7 +59,6 @@ function(set_warnings target scope)
         /w14928 # illegal copy-initialization; more than one user-defined
                 # conversion has been implicitly applied
         /permissive- # standards conformance mode for MSVC compiler.
-        /wd4244 #
     )
 
     set(CLANG_WARNINGS
@@ -83,8 +74,9 @@ function(set_warnings target scope)
         -Wunused # warn on anything being unused
         -Woverloaded-virtual # warn if you overload (not override) a virtual function
         -Wcast-qual # warn on dropping const or volatile qualifiers
-    #   -Wconversion # warn on type conversions that may lose data
-    #   -Wsign-conversion # warn on sign conversions
+        -Wconversion # warn on type conversions that may lose data
+        # disabled due to the truncating on UDLs
+        # -Wsign-conversion # warn on sign conversions
         -Wnull-dereference # warn if a null dereference is detected
         -Wdouble-promotion # warn if float is implicit promoted to double
         -Wformat=2 # warn on security issues around functions that format output (ie printf)
@@ -106,11 +98,11 @@ function(set_warnings target scope)
     if(MSVC)
         string(REGEX REPLACE "/W[0-4]" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-        target_compile_options(${target} ${scope} ${MSVC_WARNINGS})
+        add_compile_options(${MSVC_WARNINGS})
     elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
-        target_compile_options(${target} ${scope} ${CLANG_WARNINGS})
+        add_compile_options(${CLANG_WARNINGS})
     elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-        target_compile_options(${target} ${scope} ${GCC_WARNINGS})
+        add_compile_options(${GCC_WARNINGS})
     else()
         message(AUTHOR_WARNING "No compiler warnings set for '${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}' compiler.")
     endif()
diff --git a/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index a7a1e4f9..a26079df 100644
--- a/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ if(NOT UNITS_BUILD_DOCS)
     return()
 endif()
 
+# set paths to Conan packages (needed for doxygen)
+include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan_paths.cmake OPTIONAL)
+
 # Find all the public headers
 file(GLOB_RECURSE unitsPublicHeaders "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.h")
 
diff --git a/test/unit_test/static/CMakeLists.txt b/test/unit_test/static/CMakeLists.txt
index e0258c39..2afd85bc 100644
--- a/test/unit_test/static/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/unit_test/static/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,20 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)
 
+add_library(unit_tests_static_truncating
+    quantity_test.cpp
+    quantity_kind_test.cpp
+    quantity_point_kind_test.cpp
+)
+target_link_libraries(unit_tests_static_truncating
+    PRIVATE
+        mp-units::mp-units
+)
+target_compile_options(unit_tests_static_truncating
+    PRIVATE
+        $<IF:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>,/wd4242 /wd4244,-Wno-conversion>
+)
+
 add_library(unit_tests_static
     cgs_test.cpp
     chrono_test.cpp
@@ -36,10 +50,7 @@ add_library(unit_tests_static
     fps_test.cpp
     kind_test.cpp
     math_test.cpp
-    quantity_test.cpp
     quantity_point_test.cpp
-    quantity_kind_test.cpp
-    quantity_point_kind_test.cpp
     ratio_test.cpp
     si_test.cpp
     si_cgs_test.cpp
@@ -52,5 +63,6 @@ add_library(unit_tests_static
 )
 target_link_libraries(unit_tests_static
     PRIVATE
+        unit_tests_static_truncating
         mp-units::mp-units
 )