diff --git a/R/discover_nhdplus.R b/R/discover_nhdplus.R
index 0918e9f9..74c61c8c 100644
--- a/R/discover_nhdplus.R
+++ b/R/discover_nhdplus.R
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ discover_nhdplus_id <- function(point = NULL, nldi_feature = NULL, raindrop = FA
                     coords[1], " ", coords[2], "))",
                     "&propertyName=featureid")
 
-      d <- jsonlite::fromJSON(rawToChar(RETRY("GET", URLencode(URL))$content))
+      d <- jsonlite::fromJSON(rawToChar(RETRY("GET", utils::URLencode(URL))$content))
 
       as.integer(d$features$properties$featureid)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test_00_plot_local_nhdplus.R b/tests/testthat/test_00_plot_local_nhdplus.R
index 85be6c78..9219e9e5 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test_00_plot_local_nhdplus.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test_00_plot_local_nhdplus.R
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 source(system.file("extdata/sample_data.R", package = "nhdplusTools"))
 
 test_that("local data", {
-
+  testthat::skip_on_ci()
   # For test performance
   Sys.setenv(MAKE_BASIN="FALSE")
   options("rgdal_show_exportToProj4_warnings"="none")