diff --git a/tests/zoo_tests/test_models.py b/tests/zoo_tests/test_models.py
index 001f5ef6..d3a83980 100644
--- a/tests/zoo_tests/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/zoo_tests/test_models.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def run_models(offset=0, step=1):
     print(" > Run synthesizer with all the models.")
     output_path = os.path.join(get_tests_output_path(), "output.wav")
     manager = ModelManager(output_prefix=get_tests_output_path(), progress_bar=False)
-    model_names = manager.list_models()
+    model_names = [name for name in manager.list_models() if "bark" not in name]
     for model_name in model_names[offset::step]:
         print(f"\n > Run - {model_name}")
         model_path, _, _ = manager.download_model(model_name)
@@ -79,6 +79,15 @@ def test_models_offset_2_step_3():
     run_models(offset=2, step=3)
 
 
+def test_bark():
+    """Bark is too big to run on github actions. We need to test it locally"""
+    output_path = os.path.join(get_tests_output_path(), "output.wav")
+    run_cli(
+        f" tts --model_name  tts_models/multilingual/multi-dataset/bark "
+        f'--text "This is an example." --out_path "{output_path}" --progress_bar False'
+    )
+
+
 def test_voice_conversion():
     print(" > Run voice conversion inference using YourTTS model.")
     model_name = "tts_models/multilingual/multi-dataset/your_tts"