diff --git a/catalogbuilder/tests/test_create_catalog.py b/catalogbuilder/tests/test_create_catalog.py
index d675a2c..eceee73 100644
--- a/catalogbuilder/tests/test_create_catalog.py
+++ b/catalogbuilder/tests/test_create_catalog.py
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 @pytest.mark.skip
-def test_create_catalog(sample=True):
-  import catalogbuilder
-  from catalogbuilder.scripts import gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config
-  import sys
-  if(sample == True): #create sample data 
+def test_create_catalog():
+      import catalogbuilder
+      from catalogbuilder.scripts import gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config
       import make_sample_data
       make_sample_data.make_sample_data()
       json, csv = gen_intake_gfdl_runner_config.create_catalog_from_config()