diff --git a/src/newcrawler/crawl.py b/src/newcrawler/crawl.py
index 7097c34fabd7f85ca73c938f5e3d87e37e390a69..6cf0ea9d09b349992380b3bd817cb97462108a28 100644
--- a/src/newcrawler/crawl.py
+++ b/src/newcrawler/crawl.py
@@ -204,9 +204,6 @@ class Crawler(object):
         for i in reversed(range(len(updateList))):
             record = updateList[i]
 
-            if record.parents[0].name == "Measurement":
-                breakpoint()
-
             # resolve references first:
             self.identifiableAdapter.resolve_references(record)
             identifiable = self.identifiableAdapter.retrieve_identifiable(record)
diff --git a/unittests/test_tool.py b/unittests/test_tool.py
index e56644611decdd52f1b98034aa93d5bc1662b8e6..7c8c2bbad37e5d08a9abd87895be911209ff32ef 100755
--- a/unittests/test_tool.py
+++ b/unittests/test_tool.py
@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ import yaml
 import caosdb as db
 from caosdb.apiutils import compare_entities
 
+import pytest
 from pytest import raises
 
-# Some notes:
-# Track provenance information in two ways:
-# - DONE: provenance in structure elements and converters for properties of records
-# - TODO: list whether information from structure elements and converters was used
-
 
 def rfp(*pathcomponents):
     """
@@ -35,6 +31,13 @@ def dircheckstr(*pathcomponents):
     return "newcrawler.structure_elements.Directory: " + basename(join(*pathcomponents)) + ", " + rfp("test_directories", "examples_article", *pathcomponents)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def crawler():
+    crawler = Crawler(debug=True)
+    crawler.crawl_directory(rfp("test_directories", "examples_article"),
+              rfp("scifolder_cfood.yml"))
+
+
 def test_crawler():
     crawler = Crawler(debug=True)
     crawler.crawl_directory(rfp("test_directories", "examples_article"),
@@ -294,7 +297,6 @@ def test_crawler_update_list():
     assert len(comp[1]["properties"]) == 0
 
     insl, updl = crawler.synchronize(crawler.updateList)
-    breakpoint()
     assert len(insl) == 0
     assert len(updl) == 0