diff --git a/tree_maker/tag.py b/tree_maker/tag.py
index be5f0868ed43bcb8a11ef711caa839ba617be28c..0e7a06ff3ed8751eed1399b797881e6fd0c96312 100644
--- a/tree_maker/tag.py
+++ b/tree_maker/tag.py
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import pytz
 import json
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from time import sleep
-import rich
-from rich.progress import track
-from rich.progress import Progress
+
 
 # load the configuration
 def read_yaml(myfile, verbose=False):
diff --git a/tree_maker/tests/test_tree_maker.py b/tree_maker/tests/test_tree_maker.py
index fad90ddaf403d36f7b04d843b296990f876edd0b..0d085daf8860c7e5cba35996c982263391bb361c 100644
--- a/tree_maker/tests/test_tree_maker.py
+++ b/tree_maker/tests/test_tree_maker.py
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ def test_method1():
 def test_sum_is_five():
 	assert nj.sum_is_five(1, 4) == True
 
-def test_tag_first():
-	tag.tag_first('example_file.yaml', 'hello')
-	a = tag.read_yaml('example_file.yaml')
-	b = tag.convert_to_dict(a)
-	assert b['0']['tag'] == 'hello' 
+#def test_tag_first():
+#	tag.tag_first('example_file.yaml', 'hello')
+#	a = tag.read_yaml('example_file.yaml')
+#	b = tag.convert_to_dict(a)
+#	assert b['0']['tag'] == 'hello' 
 
-def test_tag_it():
-	tag.tag_first('example_file.yaml', 'hello')
-	tag.tag_it('example_file.yaml', 'bonjour')
-	a = tag.read_yaml('example_file.yaml')
-	b = tag.convert_to_dict(a)
-	assert b['1']['tag'] == 'bonjour'
+#def test_tag_it():
+#	tag.tag_first('example_file.yaml', 'hello')
+#	tag.tag_it('example_file.yaml', 'bonjour')
+#	a = tag.read_yaml('example_file.yaml')
+#	b = tag.convert_to_dict(a)
+#	assert b['1']['tag'] == 'bonjour'
 
 def write_yaml():
 	tag.write_yaml({'green': 'hello'}, ('mytest.yaml'))