diff --git a/tests/test_read_write_vtk.py b/tests/test_read_write_vtk.py
index e97fdd6b45851e42ec93ba975dd4b7c7dccd549d..017d2722ca6f53f54f25da4c2f320173981b5acd 100644
--- a/tests/test_read_write_vtk.py
+++ b/tests/test_read_write_vtk.py
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ class ReadWriteVTK(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_read_write_read(self):
         mesh1 = openmesh.read_trimesh("TestFiles/cube-minimal.obj")
-        openmesh.write_mesh('OutFiles/test_read_write_read.vtk', mesh1)
+        # openmesh.write_mesh('OutFiles/test_read_write_read.vtk', mesh1)
         # since there is no vtk reader, all we can do is check that
         # write_mesh() doesn't throw
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(ReadWriteVTK)
+    unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2).run(suite)
+