diff --git a/tests/test_packages.py b/tests/test_packages.py
index c9ba340b..61db7dd0 100644
--- a/tests/test_packages.py
+++ b/tests/test_packages.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def test_remote_tags():
     package_rules_envvar = "gitlab.com/onecommons/* unfurl.cloud/onecommons/*"
     runner = CliRunner()
     try:
-        UNFURL_PACKAGE_RULES = os.environ.get("UNFURL_PACKAGE_RULES")
+        # UNFURL_PACKAGE_RULES = os.environ.get("UNFURL_PACKAGE_RULES")
         with runner.isolated_filesystem():
             os.environ["UNFURL_PACKAGE_RULES"] = package_rules_envvar
             result = runner.invoke(
diff --git a/tosca-package/tosca/python2yaml.py b/tosca-package/tosca/python2yaml.py
index cc090e30..37dbe97c 100644
--- a/tosca-package/tosca/python2yaml.py
+++ b/tosca-package/tosca/python2yaml.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2023 Adam Souzis
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 import importlib.util, importlib._bootstrap
+import time
 import io
 import inspect
 from types import ModuleType
@@ -261,6 +262,8 @@ def _imported_module2yaml(self, module: ModuleType) -> Path:
         base_dir = "/".join(
             path.parts[1 : -len(module.__name__.split("."))]
         )
+        if not os.path.isfile(path):
+            time.sleep(2)
         with open(path) as sf:
             src = sf.read()
         namespace: dict = dict(__file__=str(path))