diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index e65efaf9aaf061a8a1ec0040f87d682536fac4c2..211913fa06d4e0a46c9c9024e147c5313e4746e1 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [pytest]
 testpaths = unittests
 addopts = -vv
+python_paths = src
diff --git a/unittests/test_cfood.py b/unittests/test_cfood.py
index 44cedecb14aaaf63db0cc046617b331fd104ab91..1fcf418ef03bafbe1d8a7b907d39c425b71bcd80 100644
--- a/unittests/test_cfood.py
+++ b/unittests/test_cfood.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
 import caosdb as db
 from caosadvancedtools.cfood import AbstractCFood
 
+# TODO this is more like an integration test. should be moved
+
 
 class CFoodTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):