diff --git a/test/run_tests.sh b/test/run_tests.sh
index b54aa66..fe2b4d6 100644
--- a/test/run_tests.sh
+++ b/test/run_tests.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ APP="${DIR}"/../src
 
 run_unit_tests ()
 {
-    "${PY}"/bin/python -m unittest discover ${APP}
+    if [[ ! -z "${CI}"]]; then
+        "${PY}"/bin/python -m unittest discover ${APP}
+    else:
+        python -m unittest discover ${APP}
+    fi
 }
 
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