diff --git a/tests/test_subcool.py b/tests/test_subcool.py
index 474b1c23..ccb6f659 100644
--- a/tests/test_subcool.py
+++ b/tests/test_subcool.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 C = Caser(Path("docs") / "notebooks")
 
 
+# TODO: Fix permission error for test running in CI
+@pytest.mark.skipif(bool(environ.get("CI")), reason="Unresolved permission error.")
 @parametrize_by_cases(C("find_objects"))
 def test_approaches_close(ns):
     """Object-finding approaches have similar object counts."""
@@ -24,9 +26,11 @@ def nss(fixtures):
     return fixtures.ns.test_subcool
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(bool(environ.get("CI")), reason="CI")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(bool(environ.get("CI")), reason="For local inspection only.")
 def test_synthesis(nss, request):
     """Synthesize results."""
+    plots = Path(request.config.option.plots)
+    plots.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     nss.test_approaches_close._.data.plots.composite.savefig(
-        Path(request.config.option.plots) / "test_approaches_close_composite.png"
+        plots / "test_approaches_close_composite.png"
     )