diff --git a/tests/cumulantmethod/test_flow_around_sphere.py b/tests/cumulantmethod/test_flow_around_sphere.py
index ad5707bd13abcf14905455987aa46ce00dda4356..192a682e5e343247f44040201936b303ff2e15bd 100644
--- a/tests/cumulantmethod/test_flow_around_sphere.py
+++ b/tests/cumulantmethod/test_flow_around_sphere.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#%%
 import pytest
 import numpy as np
 from dataclasses import replace
@@ -58,7 +59,13 @@ def flow_around_sphere(stencil, galilean_correction, fourth_order_correction, L_
             boundary_assignments)
         iter_slice = get_slice_before_ghost_layer((1,) + (0,) * (stencil.D - 1))
         extrapolation_ast = create_kernel(
-            boundary_assignments, config=CreateKernelConfig(iteration_slice=iter_slice, ghost_layers=1, target=target))
+            boundary_assignments,
+            config=CreateKernelConfig(
+                iteration_slice=iter_slice,
+                ghost_layers=1,
+                target=target,
+                skip_independence_check=True)
+            )
         return extrapolation_ast.compile()
 
     dh = create_data_handling(channel_size, periodicity=False, default_layout='fzyx', default_target=target)
@@ -154,3 +161,7 @@ def test_flow_around_sphere_long(stencil, galilean_correction, fourth_order_corr
     if fourth_order_correction and stencil.Q != 27:
         pytest.skip("Fourth-order correction only defined for D3Q27 stencil.")
     flow_around_sphere(stencil, galilean_correction, fourth_order_correction, 20, 3000)
+
+
+#%%
+test_flow_around_sphere_short(Stencil.D2Q9, False, False)
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