diff --git a/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py b/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
index 989251a7..15dbe234 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/examples_tests.py
@@ -37,9 +37,8 @@ def model_checkgrads(model):
 
 def model_instance(model):
     #assert isinstance(model, GPy.core.model)
-    return isinstance(model, GPy.core.model)
+    return isinstance(model, GPy.core.model.Model)
 
-@nottest
 def test_models():
     examples_path = os.path.dirname(GPy.examples.__file__)
     # Load modules
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ def test_models():
         print "After"
         print functions
         for example in functions:
-            if example[0] in ['oil', 'silhouette', 'GPLVM_oil_100']:
+            if example[0] in ['oil', 'silhouette', 'GPLVM_oil_100', 'brendan_faces']:
                 print "SKIPPING"
                 continue