# Skipping tests causes weird exception
**URL:** https://clojureverse.org/t/skipping-tests-causes-weird-exception/4535
**Category:** Kaocha
**Created:** [July 13, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/skipping-tests-causes-weird-exception/4535 "2019-07-13T20:25:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@jkrasnay](https://clojureverse.org/u/jkrasnay)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 8:25pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/skipping-tests-causes-weird-exception/4535/1 "2019-07-13T20:25:44Z")
Hi, I posted this in the Clojurians Slack but I thought I’d try here.
Just getting started with Kaocha and having a bit of a problem. When I skip tests, Kaocha fails with the following exception:
```
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Don't know how to create ISeq from: clojure.lang.Symbol, compiling:(/private/var/folders/6k/qwsbhrf9291gjy8vs1nyyq7h0000gn/T/form-init5916615125687542055.clj:1:125)
```
When I look at that file, it’s just this…
```
(ns .private.var.folders.6k.qwsbhrf9291gjy8vs1nyyq7h0000gn.T.form-init1642446353048835536.clj
(:require
))
```
I think it’s the empty `:require` block causing the error but I have no idea where this file came from. Note that when I run Kaocha _without_ skipping any tests it works fine.
Any idea what’s going on here?
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### Author:  [@jkrasnay](https://clojureverse.org/u/jkrasnay)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://clojureverse.org/t/skipping-tests-causes-weird-exception/4535/2 "2019-07-13T20:35:16Z")
Hrm, found my problem. I had this in my `tests.edn`…
```
:skip some.test.namespace
```
…instead of this…
```
:skip [some.test.namespace]
```