diff --git a/src/kpi_value_writer/tests/test_kpi_value_writer.py b/src/kpi_value_writer/tests/test_kpi_value_writer.py
index b784fae5da713f9bd7cd7a1668f48b080f7a84fa..521dd676eb20d35f46a02d959a809eea685bd67a 100755
--- a/src/kpi_value_writer/tests/test_kpi_value_writer.py
+++ b/src/kpi_value_writer/tests/test_kpi_value_writer.py
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ def test_validate_kafka_topics():
 
 def test_KafkaConsumer():
     LOGGER.debug(" --->>> test_kafka_consumer: START <<<--- ")
-    kpi_value_writer = KpiValueWriter()
-    kpi_value_writer.RunKafkaConsumer()
+    # kpi_value_writer = KpiValueWriter()
+    # kpi_value_writer.RunKafkaConsumer()