diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 9367aec..d72e540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
         run: chmod +x gradlew
 
+      - name: Set up NO_CI env
+        if: matrix.java-version != 17
+        env:
+          NO_CI: true
+
       - name: Test with Gradle
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         with:
           arguments: build check --stacktrace -PtestsBadgeApiKey=${{ secrets.TESTS_BADGE_API_KEY }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c9c6e8e..d82f5e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish with Gradle
         uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
         env:
+          NO_CI: true
           SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER}}
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
           ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey }}
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle.kts b/lib/build.gradle.kts
index b53d9dc..95fcad8 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/lib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -58,18 +58,29 @@ pmd {
 }
 
 
+
+
 tasks {
     withType<JavaCompile> {
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"
     }
 
+
     test {
         val apiKey = project.properties["testsBadgeApiKey"]
-        useJUnitPlatform()
+        useJUnitPlatform {
+            if (System.getenv("NO_CI") != null) {
+                excludeTags("no-ci")
+                println("Excluded test tags: $excludeTags")
+            }
+        }
+
         testLogging {
             exceptionFormat = TestExceptionFormat.FULL
             events = setOf(TestLogEvent.PASSED, TestLogEvent.SKIPPED, TestLogEvent.FAILED)
+            showStandardStreams = true
         }
+
         addTestListener(object : TestListener {
             override fun beforeTest(p0: TestDescriptor?) = Unit
             override fun beforeSuite(p0: TestDescriptor?) = Unit
diff --git a/lib/src/test/java/rife/render/TestFormat.java b/lib/src/test/java/rife/render/TestFormat.java
index 945e33f..d383198 100644
--- a/lib/src/test/java/rife/render/TestFormat.java
+++ b/lib/src/test/java/rife/render/TestFormat.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package rife.render;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import rife.template.TemplateFactory;
 
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ class TestFormat {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Tag("no-ci")
     void testQrCode() {
         var t = TemplateFactory.SVG.get("qrCode");
         var foo = "https://example.com/";
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ class TestFormat {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Tag("no-ci")
     void testShortenUrl() {
         var t = TemplateFactory.HTML.get("shortenUrl");
         var url = "https://example.com/";