diff --git a/runner/eval_thresholds.sh b/runner/eval_thresholds.sh
index 05c86c1..430615c 100755
--- a/runner/eval_thresholds.sh
+++ b/runner/eval_thresholds.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$(dirname "$0")"/petric-setup.sh
 
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyneRBI/PETRIC/main/petric.py > /tmp/petric.py
-PYTHONPATH="/tmp${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" python -B eval_thresholds.py
+PYTHONPATH="/tmp${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" PETRIC_SKIP_DATA=1 python -B eval_thresholds.py
 
 echo "stopping jobs"
 for i in $(jobs -p); do kill -n 15 $i; done 2>/dev/null
diff --git a/runner/thresholds.sh b/runner/thresholds.sh
index 7df1c50..7a76561 100755
--- a/runner/thresholds.sh
+++ b/runner/thresholds.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source "$(dirname "$0")"/petric-setup.sh
 
 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SyneRBI/PETRIC/main/petric.py > /tmp/petric.py
-PYTHONPATH="/tmp${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" python -B thresholds.py
+PYTHONPATH="/tmp${PYTHONPATH:+:$PYTHONPATH}" PETRIC_SKIP_DATA=1 python -B thresholds.py
 
 echo "stopping jobs"
 for i in $(jobs -p); do kill -n 15 $i; done 2>/dev/null