diff --git a/misinformation/test/test_multimodal_search.py b/misinformation/test/test_multimodal_search.py
index 1151fad..c339e26 100644
--- a/misinformation/test/test_multimodal_search.py
+++ b/misinformation/test/test_multimodal_search.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pytest
 from PIL import Image
 import numpy
 from torch import device, cuda, no_grad
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def test_read_img():
     test_img = ms.MultimodalSearch.read_img(my_dict, TEST_IMAGE_2)
     assert list(numpy.array(test_img)[257][34]) == [70, 66, 63]
 
-
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not cuda.is_available(), reason="model for gpu only")
 def test_load_feature_extractor_model_blip2():
     my_dict = {}
     multimodal_device = device("cuda" if cuda.is_available() else "cpu")