diff --git a/src/main/java/teetime/stage/basic/AbstractTrigger.java b/src/main/java/teetime/stage/basic/AbstractTrigger.java
index 7d528929c50735ae2d2e62005d4483b83e059280..fdd253cf34f637eea222c4b621760dbbdb424e03 100644
--- a/src/main/java/teetime/stage/basic/AbstractTrigger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/teetime/stage/basic/AbstractTrigger.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ abstract class AbstractTrigger<I, T, O> extends AbstractStage {
 		super();
 	}
 
+	@SuppressWarnings("PMD.EmptyMethodInAbstractClassShouldBeAbstract")
+	// disabled while in development
 	@Override
 	protected void executeWithPorts() {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
diff --git a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTest.java b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTest.java
index fc92dcc63dad227dd604fb8067ceb1bacd78e623..b96a3a61717567045efde776a3fc36e111312ea6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/teetime/framework/RunnableConsumerStageTest.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class RunnableConsumerStageTest {
 		for (Pair<Thread, Throwable> pair : exceptions) {
 			System.err.println(pair.getSecond());
 			System.err.println(Joiner.on("\n").join(pair.getSecond().getStackTrace()));
-			throw new RuntimeException(pair.getSecond());
+			throw new AssertionError(pair.getSecond());
 		}
 		assertEquals(0, exceptions.size());
 	}