diff --git a/extra_requirements/requirements-tests.txt b/extra_requirements/requirements-tests.txt
index ffab70ea0..1f1cdfc7d 100644
--- a/extra_requirements/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/extra_requirements/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # File for the requirements of straxen with the automated tests
 git+https://github.com/AxFoundation/strax
-git+https://github.com/XENONnT/ax_env
+git+https://github.com/XENONnT/base_environment
 nbmake
 pytest-xdist
 xedocs==0.2.25
diff --git a/straxen/contexts.py b/straxen/contexts.py
index 3bf174ee6..a8bca2833 100644
--- a/straxen/contexts.py
+++ b/straxen/contexts.py
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ def find_rucio_local_path(include_rucio_local, _rucio_local_path):
         __rucio_local_path = "/project/lgrandi/rucio/"
         print(
             "You specified _auto_append_rucio_local=True and you are not on dali compute nodes, "
-            "so we will add the following rucio local path: ",
-            __rucio_local_path,
+            f"so we will add the following rucio local path: {__rucio_local_path}"
         )
 
     return _include_rucio_local, __rucio_local_path
diff --git a/straxen/plugins/events/events.py b/straxen/plugins/events/events.py
index 5599d757f..3696ea31c 100644
--- a/straxen/plugins/events/events.py
+++ b/straxen/plugins/events/events.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Events(strax.OverlapWindowPlugin):
     provides = "events"
     data_kind = "events"
 
-    save_when = strax.SaveWhen.NEVER
+    save_when = strax.SaveWhen.EXPLICIT
 
     dtype = [
         ("event_number", np.int64, "Event number in this dataset"),