diff --git a/mozilla_voice_tts/bin/train_vocoder.py b/mozilla_voice_tts/bin/train_vocoder.py
index 8db77cf2..5d87f6bc 100644
--- a/mozilla_voice_tts/bin/train_vocoder.py
+++ b/mozilla_voice_tts/bin/train_vocoder.py
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ from mozilla_voice_tts.vocoder.datasets.preprocess import (load_wav_data,
 #                         init_distributed, reduce_tensor)
 from mozilla_voice_tts.vocoder.layers.losses import (DiscriminatorLoss,
                                                      GeneratorLoss)
-from mozilla_voice_tts.vocoder.utils.generic_utils import (check_config,
-                                                           plot_results,
+from mozilla_voice_tts.vocoder.utils.generic_utils import (plot_results,
                                                            setup_discriminator,
                                                            setup_generator)
 from mozilla_voice_tts.vocoder.utils.io import save_best_model, save_checkpoint
@@ -622,7 +621,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     # setup output paths and read configs
     c = load_config(args.config_path)
-    check_config(c)
+    # check_config(c)
     _ = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
     OUT_PATH = args.continue_path
diff --git a/mozilla_voice_tts/vocoder/utils/generic_utils.py b/mozilla_voice_tts/vocoder/utils/generic_utils.py
index c6df4ca8..7ab1baec 100644
--- a/mozilla_voice_tts/vocoder/utils/generic_utils.py
+++ b/mozilla_voice_tts/vocoder/utils/generic_utils.py
@@ -145,5 +145,7 @@ def setup_discriminator(c):
         )
     return model
 
+
 # def check_config(c):
-    # pass
+#     c = None
+#     pass
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 9dd471b8..27f54b24 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 TF_CPP_MIN_LOG_LEVEL=3
 
 # tests
-nosetests tests -x
+nosetests tests -x &&\
 
 # runtime tests
-./tests/test_server_package.sh
-./tests/test_tts_train.sh
-./tests/test_vocoder_train.sh
+./tests/test_server_package.sh && \
+./tests/test_tts_train.sh && \
+./tests/test_vocoder_train.sh && \
 
 # linter check
 cardboardlinter --refspec master
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