diff --git a/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py b/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
index 327fead8d..902f658c4 100755
--- a/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
+++ b/python-api-examples/non_streaming_server.py
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ def check_args(args):
 
     if args.hotwords_file != "":
         assert args.decoding_method == "modified_beam_search", args.decoding_method
+        assert Path(args.hotwords_file).is_file(), args.hotwords_file
 
 
 def get_args():
diff --git a/sherpa-onnx/python/tests/test_text2token.py b/sherpa-onnx/python/tests/test_text2token.py
index bad95288d..5f81449b1 100644
--- a/sherpa-onnx/python/tests/test_text2token.py
+++ b/sherpa-onnx/python/tests/test_text2token.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #  ctest --verbose -R  test_text2token_py
 
 import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
 
 import sherpa_onnx
 
@@ -18,12 +19,23 @@
 
 class TestText2Token(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_bpe(self):
+        tokens = f"{d}/text2token/tokens_en.txt"
+        bpe_model = f"{d}/text2token/bpe_en.model"
+
+        if not Path(tokens).is_file() or not Path(bpe_model).is_file():
+            print(
+                f"No test data found, skipping test_bpe().\n"
+                f"You can download the test data by: \n"
+                f"git clone git@github.com:pkufool/sherpa-test-data.git /tmp/sherpa-test-data"
+            )
+            return
+
         texts = ["HELLO WORLD", "I LOVE YOU"]
         encoded_texts = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
             texts,
-            tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_en.txt",
+            tokens=tokens,
             tokens_type="bpe",
-            bpe_model=f"{d}/text2token/bpe_en.model",
+            bpe_model=bpe_model,
         )
         assert encoded_texts == [
             ["▁HE", "LL", "O", "▁WORLD"],
@@ -32,17 +44,27 @@ def test_bpe(self):
 
         encoded_ids = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
             texts,
-            tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_en.txt",
+            tokens=tokens,
             tokens_type="bpe",
-            bpe_model=f"{d}/text2token/bpe_en.model",
+            bpe_model=bpe_model,
             output_ids=True,
         )
         assert encoded_ids == [[22, 58, 24, 425], [19, 370, 47]], encoded_ids
 
     def test_cjkchar(self):
+        tokens = f"{d}/text2token/tokens_cn.txt"
+
+        if not Path(tokens).is_file():
+            print(
+                f"No test data found, skipping test_cjkchar().\n"
+                f"You can download the test data by: \n"
+                f"git clone git@github.com:pkufool/sherpa-test-data.git /tmp/sherpa-test-data"
+            )
+            return
+
         texts = ["世界人民大团结", "中国 VS 美国"]
         encoded_texts = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
-            texts, tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_cn.txt", tokens_type="cjkchar"
+            texts, tokens=tokens, tokens_type="cjkchar"
         )
         assert encoded_texts == [
             ["世", "界", "人", "民", "大", "团", "结"],
@@ -50,7 +72,7 @@ def test_cjkchar(self):
         ], encoded_texts
         encoded_ids = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
             texts,
-            tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_cn.txt",
+            tokens=tokens,
             tokens_type="cjkchar",
             output_ids=True,
         )
@@ -60,12 +82,23 @@ def test_cjkchar(self):
         ], encoded_ids
 
     def test_cjkchar_bpe(self):
+        tokens = f"{d}/text2token/tokens_mix.txt"
+        bpe_model = f"{d}/text2token/bpe_mix.model"
+
+        if not Path(tokens).is_file() or not Path(bpe_model).is_file():
+            print(
+                f"No test data found, skipping test_cjkchar_bpe().\n"
+                f"You can download the test data by: \n"
+                f"git clone git@github.com:pkufool/sherpa-test-data.git /tmp/sherpa-test-data"
+            )
+            return
+
         texts = ["世界人民 GOES TOGETHER", "中国 GOES WITH 美国"]
         encoded_texts = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
             texts,
-            tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_mix.txt",
+            tokens=tokens,
             tokens_type="cjkchar+bpe",
-            bpe_model=f"{d}/text2token/bpe_mix.model",
+            bpe_model=bpe_model,
         )
         assert encoded_texts == [
             ["世", "界", "人", "民", "▁GO", "ES", "▁TOGETHER"],
@@ -73,9 +106,9 @@ def test_cjkchar_bpe(self):
         ], encoded_texts
         encoded_ids = sherpa_onnx.text2token(
             texts,
-            tokens=f"{d}/text2token/tokens_mix.txt",
+            tokens=tokens,
             tokens_type="cjkchar+bpe",
-            bpe_model=f"{d}/text2token/bpe_mix.model",
+            bpe_model=bpe_model,
             output_ids=True,
         )
         assert encoded_ids == [