diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml b/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
index 640660c06e..87527031c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-framework.yml
@@ -39,17 +39,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        conda install c-compiler cxx-compiler fortran-compiler 'gfortran<14' python-gil pkgconfig coreutils patch curl tar unzip gzip bzip2 xz perl bison make cmake openmpi gsl fftw gmp mpfr hdf5 netcdf4 libopenblas liblapack zlib pip wheel 'docutils>=0.6' 'mpi4py>=1.1.0' 'numpy>=1.2.2' 'h5py>=1.1.0' pytest
-
-      # - name: Configure OpenMPI
-      #      run: |
-      #        mkdir -p "$HOME/.openmpi"
-      #        echo "rmaps_base_oversubscribe = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "mpi_yield_when_idle = true" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "btl_tcp_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.openmpi/mca-params.conf"
-      #        mkdir -p "$HOME/.prte"
-      #        echo "rmaps_default_mapping_policy = :oversubscribe" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
-      #        echo "prte_if_include = lo,eth0" >>"$HOME/.prte/mca-params.conf"
+        conda install c-compiler cxx-compiler fortran-compiler 'gfortran<14' python-gil pkgconfig coreutils patch curl tar unzip gzip bzip2 xz perl bison make cmake mpich gsl fftw gmp mpfr hdf5 netcdf4 libopenblas liblapack zlib pip wheel 'docutils>=0.6' 'mpi4py>=1.1.0' 'numpy>=1.2.2' 'h5py>=1.1.0' pytest
 
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -72,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       #        PRTE_MCA_if_include: lo,eth0
       #        OMPI_MCA_pmix_server_max_wait: 10
       run: |
-        ./setup test amuse-framework
+        export PYTEST_OPTS='-x' && ./setup test amuse-framework
 
     - name: Save build logs
       run: |