diff --git a/tests/test_smw_api.py b/tests/test_smw_api.py
index 01fbcf5..b084546 100644
--- a/tests/test_smw_api.py
+++ b/tests/test_smw_api.py
@@ -59,12 +59,16 @@ def testGetConcept(self):
     def getSMWs(self, wikiId="smwcopy",debug:bool=False):
         """get the alternative SMW access instances for the given wiki id"""
         wikiuser = self.getSMW_WikiUser(wikiId)
-        wikibot = WikiBot.ofWikiUser(wikiuser,debug=debug)
+        if not self.inPublicCI():
+            wikibot = WikiBot.ofWikiUser(wikiuser,debug=debug)
+            smwbot = SMWBot(wikibot.site)
         wikiclient = WikiClient.ofWikiUser(wikiuser,debug=debug)
-        smwbot = SMWBot(wikibot.site)
         # https://github.com/wikimedia/pywikibot/blob/master/pywikibot/config.py#L719
         smwclient = SMWClient(wikiclient.getSite())
-        return [smwbot, smwclient]
+        if self.inPublicCI():
+            return [smwclient]
+        else:
+            return [smwbot, smwclient]
 
     def testGetEvents(self):
         """text for issue #6 https://github.com/WolfgangFahl/py-3rdparty-mediawiki/issues/6"""
diff --git a/wikibot3rd/wikibot.py b/wikibot3rd/wikibot.py
index da7c876..bb60ebc 100644
--- a/wikibot3rd/wikibot.py
+++ b/wikibot3rd/wikibot.py
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ def __init__(
         o = urlparse(self.url)
         self.scheme = o.scheme
         self.netloc = o.netloc
+        msg=f"netloc for family {self.family} is {self.netloc} derived from url {self.url}"
         if self.debug:
-            print(f"netloc for family {self.family} is {self.netloc}")
+            print(msg)
         self.scriptPath = o.path + self.scriptPath
         self.checkFamily()
         if withLogin: