diff --git a/agbenchmark/conftest.py b/agbenchmark/conftest.py
index 908d39e8..434f6dbd 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/conftest.py
+++ b/agbenchmark/conftest.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def config():
     return config
 
 
-@pytest.fixture
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def workspace(config):
     yield config["workspace"]
     # teardown after test function completes
diff --git a/agbenchmark/mocks/tests/basic_mocks.py b/agbenchmark/mocks/tests/basic_mocks.py
index eb7b9654..bbff6a9c 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/mocks/tests/basic_mocks.py
+++ b/agbenchmark/mocks/tests/basic_mocks.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ def basic_read_file_mock(task: str, workspace: str):
     This mock reads a file and returns its content.
     """
 
-    Challenge.write_to_file(workspace, "file_to_check.txt", "this is how we're doing")
+    # Challenge.write_to_file(workspace, "file_to_check.txt", "this is how we're doing")
 
     file_contents = Challenge.open_file(workspace, "file_to_check.txt")
 
diff --git a/agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/read_file/read_file_test.py b/agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/read_file/read_file_test.py
index 610ccdab..35d1d80c 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/read_file/read_file_test.py
+++ b/agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/read_file/read_file_test.py
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ data = ChallengeData.deserialize(
 )
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
+def setup_module(workspace):
+    if data.ground.should_contain:
+        Challenge.write_to_file(
+            workspace, data.ground.files[0], "this is how we're doing"
+        )
+
+
 class TestReadFile(Challenge):
     """Testing if LLM can read a file"""
 
diff --git a/agbenchmark/tests/regression/regression_tests.txt b/agbenchmark/tests/regression/regression_tests.txt
index e69de29b..a5f8fbd1 100644
--- a/agbenchmark/tests/regression/regression_tests.txt
+++ b/agbenchmark/tests/regression/regression_tests.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/write_file/write_file_test.py::TestWriteFile::test_retrieval[server_response0]
+agbenchmark/tests/basic_abilities/read_file/read_file_test.py::TestReadFile::test_retrieval[server_response0]