diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-env-create-and-pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-env-create-and-pytest.yml
index 05ea55c..0134b38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-env-create-and-pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-env-create-and-pytest.yml
@@ -37,19 +37,16 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Make sample data
       run: |
-        # python tests/make_sample_data.py
-        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python tests/make_sample_data.py
+        python tests/make_sample_data.py
 
     - name: Generate catalog
       run: |
-        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp gfdl_autotest
-        # python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp gfdl_autotest
-  
+        python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py archive/am5/am5/am5f3b1r0/c96L65_am5f3b1r0_pdclim1850F/gfdl.ncrc5-deploy-prod-openmp/pp gfdl_autotest
+
     - name: Generate catalog with yaml
       run: |
-        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py --config tests/test_config.yaml
-        # python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py --config tests/test_config.yaml
-
+        python catalogbuilder/scripts/gen_intake_gfdl.py --config tests/test_config.yaml
+  
     - name: upload-artifacts
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -63,16 +60,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
 
-# seems redundant?
-#    - name: Test with pytest
-#      run: |
-#        conda install pytest
-#        # $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/pytest -v --runxfail
-#        pytest -v --runxfail
+    - name: Run pytest with downloaded artifacts
+      run: |
+        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/pytest -v --runxfail
 
     - name: Test for completeness
       run: | 
-        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf gfdl_autotest.json catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_template.json
-        $CONDA/envs/catalogbuilder/bin/python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_autotest_from_yaml.json
-        # python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf gfdl_autotest.json catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_template.json
-        # python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_autotest_from_yaml.json 
+        python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf gfdl_autotest.json catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_template.json
+        python catalogbuilder/scripts/test_catalog.py -tf catalogbuilder/cats/gfdl_autotest_from_yaml.json