diff --git a/R/skippers.R b/R/skippers.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d0e31d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/skippers.R
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+skip_if_onlyread <- function() {
+  if (identical(Sys.getenv("ONLY_READ_TESTS"), "")) {
+    return(invisible(TRUE))
+  }
+
+  testthat::skip("Skipping test if only server reads/exports are used. (And server writes/imports are skipped.)" )
+}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-skippers.R b/tests/testthat/test-skippers.R
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46d7b91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-skippers.R
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+test_that("skip_if_onlyread set", {
+  # Test that a skip happens
+  withr::local_envvar(ONLY_READ_TESTS = "yes")
+  expect_condition(skip_if_onlyread(), class = "skip")
+})
+
+test_that("skip_if_onlyread not set", {
+  # Test that a skip doesn't happen
+  withr::local_envvar(ONLY_READ_TESTS = "")
+  expect_condition(skip_if_onlyread(), NA, class = "skip")
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write-batch.R b/tests/testthat/test-write-batch.R
index 0076fa39..c55b1a4f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write-batch.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write-batch.R
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ update_expectation  <- FALSE
 
 test_that("Smoke Test", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=TRUE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
 })
 
 test_that("default", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-batch/default.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=TRUE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
@@ -37,7 +41,9 @@ test_that("default", {
 })
 
 test_that("update-one-field", {
-  testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  testthat::skip_on_cran
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-batch/update-one-field.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=TRUE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
@@ -77,6 +83,8 @@ test_that("update-one-field", {
 
 test_that("update-two-fields", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-batch/update-two-fields.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=TRUE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
@@ -116,6 +124,8 @@ test_that("update-two-fields", {
 })
 test_that("Write Batch -Bad URI", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   bad_uri <- "google.com"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=TRUE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write-dag.R b/tests/testthat/test-write-dag.R
index 761cab5f..835afb7f 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write-dag.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write-dag.R
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ update_expectation  <- FALSE
 
 test_that("Smoke Test", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_dag_write(batch=FALSE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
 })
 
 test_that("default", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected_before <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-dag/before.R"
   path_expected_after  <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-dag/after.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_dag_write(batch=FALSE)
@@ -55,6 +59,7 @@ test_that("default", {
 
 test_that("reassign subject to a different dag", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
 
   # Step 1: Initialize the project
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_dag_write(batch=FALSE)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write-error.R b/tests/testthat/test-write-error.R
index 79d42593..71b76aff 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write-error.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write-error.R
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ update_expectation  <- FALSE
 
 test_that("One Shot: writing with read-only privileges", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   credential  <- retrieve_credential_testing(project_id = 153L) # read-only
   # expect_message(
   #   returned_object1 <- redcap_read_oneshot(redcap_uri=credential$redcap_uri, token=credential$token, raw_or_label="raw")
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ test_that("One Shot: writing with read-only privileges", {
 
 test_that("Single Batch: writing with read-only privileges", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   credential  <- retrieve_credential_testing(project_id = 153L) # read-only
 
   expected_message    <- "The REDCapR write/import operation was not successful.  The error message was:\nERROR: You do not have API Import/Update privileges"
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ test_that("Single Batch: writing with read-only privileges", {
 
 test_that("Many Batches: writing with read-only privileges", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   credential  <- retrieve_credential_testing(project_id = 153L) # read-only
 
   expected_message    <- "The REDCapR write/import operation was not successful.  The error message was:\nERROR: You do not have API Import/Update privileges"
@@ -72,6 +78,8 @@ test_that("Many Batches: writing with read-only privileges", {
 
 test_that("Single Batch: writing with read-only privileges --contiue on error", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   credential  <- retrieve_credential_testing(project_id = 153L) # read-only
 
   expected_message    <- "The REDCapR write/import operation was not successful.  The error message was:\nERROR: You do not have API Import/Update privileges"
@@ -94,6 +102,8 @@ test_that("Single Batch: writing with read-only privileges --contiue on error",
 
 test_that("Many Batches: writing with read-only privileges --contiue on error", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   credential  <- retrieve_credential_testing(project_id = 153L) # read-only
 
   expected_message    <- "The REDCapR write/import operation was not successful.  The error message was:\nERROR: You do not have API Import/Update privileges"
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-write-oneshot.R b/tests/testthat/test-write-oneshot.R
index 62031fc8..3e14dfbe 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-write-oneshot.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-write-oneshot.R
@@ -3,12 +3,16 @@ update_expectation  <- FALSE
 
 test_that("Smoke Test", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=FALSE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
 })
 
 test_that("default", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-oneshot/default.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=FALSE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
@@ -37,6 +41,8 @@ test_that("default", {
 
 test_that("one-field", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-oneshot/one-field.R"
   expected_outcome_message <- "\\d+ records and \\d+ columns were read from REDCap in \\d+(\\.\\d+\\W|\\W)seconds\\."
 
@@ -77,6 +83,8 @@ test_that("one-field", {
 
 test_that("two-fields", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-oneshot/two-fields.R"
   start_clean_result <- REDCapR:::clean_start_simple(batch=FALSE)
   project <- start_clean_result$redcap_project
@@ -117,6 +125,8 @@ test_that("two-fields", {
 
 test_that("overwrite-false", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-oneshot/default.R"
   expected_outcome_message <- "\\d+ records and \\d+ columns were read from REDCap in \\d+(\\.\\d+\\W|\\W)seconds\\."
 
@@ -158,6 +168,8 @@ test_that("overwrite-false", {
 
 test_that("overwrite-true", {
   testthat::skip_on_cran()
+  skip_if_onlyread()
+
   path_expected <- "test-data/specific-redcapr/write-oneshot/overwrite-true.R"
   expected_outcome_message <- "\\d+ records and \\d+ columns were read from REDCap in \\d+(\\.\\d+\\W|\\W)seconds\\."
 
diff --git a/utility/refresh.R b/utility/refresh.R
index fb2fefce..c4f0015e 100644
--- a/utility/refresh.R
+++ b/utility/refresh.R
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ devtools::build_vignettes()
 
 checks_to_exclude <- c(
   "covr",
-  "cyclocomp",
+  # "cyclocomp"#,
   "lintr_line_length_linter"
 )
 gp <-
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ pkgdown::build_site()
 devtools::run_examples(); #dev.off() #This overwrites the NAMESPACE file too
 # devtools::run_examples(, "redcap_read.Rd")
 test_results_checked <- devtools::test()
-test_results_checked <- devtools::test(filter = "write-error")
 test_results_checked <- devtools::test(filter = "column")
 test_results_checked <- devtools::test(filter = "validate.*$")
+withr::local_envvar(ONLYREADTESTS = "true")
+test_results_checked <- devtools::test(filter = "write-batch")
 
 # testthat::test_dir("./tests/")
 test_results_not_checked <- testthat::test_dir("./tests/manual/")