diff --git a/tests/test_ringbuf.py b/tests/test_ringbuf.py
index 8858215e..5dce7a6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_ringbuf.py
+++ b/tests/test_ringbuf.py
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ from tractor._testing.samples import (
     generate_sample_messages
 )
 
+# in case you don't want to melt your cores, uncomment dis!
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.skip
+
 
 @tractor.context
 async def child_read_shm(