diff --git a/osaca/semantics/hw_model.py b/osaca/semantics/hw_model.py
index 4fc107c..f72e5be 100644
--- a/osaca/semantics/hw_model.py
+++ b/osaca/semantics/hw_model.py
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ class MachineModel(object):
             if self._path in MachineModel._runtime_cache and not lazy:
                 self._data = MachineModel._runtime_cache[self._path]
             # check if file is cached
-            # cached = self._get_cached(self._path) if not lazy else False
-            if False:
+            cached = self._get_cached(self._path) if not lazy else False
+            if cached:
                 self._data = cached
             else:
                 yaml = self._create_yaml_object()
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1aa1ed5..47d1623 100755
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
             ]
         )
         osaca.run(args, output_file=output)
-    '''
+
     def test_check_db(self):
         parser = osaca.create_parser(parser=ErrorRaisingArgumentParser())
         args = parser.parse_args(
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ class TestCLI(unittest.TestCase):
                 output = StringIO()
                 osaca.run(a, output_file=output)
                 self.assertEqual(output.getvalue().split("\n")[8:], output_base)
-    '''
+
     ##################
     # Helper functions
     ##################