diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 67d289662e..3776c69455 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - build
       - lint
-      - faucet_docker
+      # - faucet_docker
       - test
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
index c5d528a64e..e4bee541b1 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/restclient.spec.ts
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ describe("RestClient", () => {
         signatures: [signature],
       };
 
+      // make sure this is a valid encoding/decoding
+      const aminoBytes = await client.encodeTx(tx);
+      expect(aminoBytes).toBeTruthy();
+      expect(aminoBytes.length).toEqual(63084);
+
+      // now submit it
       const postableBytes = marshalTx(tx);
       const result = await client.postTx(postableBytes);
       // console.log("Raw log:", result.raw_log);