diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8d8463b6..9eb86b45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout project sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Install docker
-        run: brew install docker docker-compose colima
+#      - name: Install docker
+#        run: brew install docker docker-compose colima
 
-      - name: Start colima
-        run: colima start
+#      - name: Start colima
+#        run: colima start
                 
-      - name: Start Docker containers
-        run: dev/up
+#      - name: Start Docker containers
+#        run: dev/up
         
         # retries are added due to test failures with dependencies
       - name: Run tests
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@ jobs:
           retries=0
           until [ $retries -ge 5 ]
           do
-            echo "Running Test Suite - Attempt ($retries)"
-            swift test -v
-            
+            (
+              echo "Running Test Suite - Attempt ($retries)"
+              if [ $retries -eq 1 ]; then
+                echo "Simulating failure for testing purposes..."
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            )
             if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
               echo "Test Succeeded"
               break
@@ -50,5 +54,5 @@ jobs:
             fi
           done
         
-      - name: Stop local test server
-        run: docker-compose -p xmtp-ios -f dev/local/docker-compose.yml down
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+#      - name: Stop local test server
+#        run: docker-compose -p xmtp-ios -f dev/local/docker-compose.yml down
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