diff --git a/visualdl/python/test_summary.py b/visualdl/python/test_summary.py
index 7929770c2c34fb303a8f0835aa56c7e42f1676e7..460e05a35603b0a3a996b820aecf9de72441928d 100644
--- a/visualdl/python/test_summary.py
+++ b/visualdl/python/test_summary.py
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ import time
 class StorageTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.dir = "./tmp/storage_test"
-        self.writer = storage.StorageWriter(self.dir, sync_cycle=1).as_mode("train")
 
-    def test_write(self):
+    def test_read(self):
+        print 'test write'
+        self.writer = storage.StorageWriter(self.dir, sync_cycle=1).as_mode("train")
         scalar = self.writer.scalar("model/scalar/min")
-        scalar.set_caption("model/scalar/min")
+        # scalar.set_caption("model/scalar/min")
         for i in range(10):
             scalar.add_record(i, 1.0)
 
-    def test_read(self):
+        print 'test read'
         self.reader = storage.StorageReader("train", self.dir)
         scalar = self.reader.scalar("model/scalar/min")
         self.assertEqual(scalar.caption(), "train")