diff --git a/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts b/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
index bf7e0a282..0d4772bf7 100644
--- a/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/etapi/notes.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-describe("Notes", () => {
+import { describe, it } from "vitest";
+
+describe.todo("Notes", () => {
     it("zzz", () => {});
 });
diff --git a/spec/search/lexer.spec.ts b/spec/search/lexer.spec.ts
index c489b03e6..9f4a57482 100644
--- a/spec/search/lexer.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/search/lexer.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import lex from "../../src/services/search/services/lex.js";
 
 describe("Lexer fulltext", () => {
diff --git a/spec/search/parens.spec.ts b/spec/search/parens.spec.ts
index 33163e188..2cfae9e6e 100644
--- a/spec/search/parens.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/search/parens.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import handleParens from "../../src/services/search/services/handle_parens.js";
 import type { TokenStructure } from "../../src/services/search/services/types.js";
 
diff --git a/spec/search/parser.spec.ts b/spec/search/parser.spec.ts
index 76e557067..244fe62d2 100644
--- a/spec/search/parser.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/search/parser.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import AndExp from "../../src/services/search/expressions/and.js";
 import AttributeExistsExp from "../../src/services/search/expressions/attribute_exists.js";
 import type Expression from "../../src/services/search/expressions/expression.js";
diff --git a/spec/search/search.spec.ts b/spec/search/search.spec.ts
index 0099546ad..a25e18d28 100644
--- a/spec/search/search.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/search/search.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach,  } from "vitest";
 import searchService from "../../src/services/search/services/search.js";
 import BNote from "../../src/becca/entities/bnote.js";
 import BBranch from "../../src/becca/entities/bbranch.js";
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         });
     });
 
-    xit("simple path match", () => {
+    it.skip("simple path match", () => {
         rootNote.child(becca_mocking.note("Europe").child(becca_mocking.note("Austria")));
 
         const searchContext = new SearchContext();
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca_mocking.findNoteByTitle(searchResults, "Austria")).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    xit("normal search looks also at attributes", () => {
+    it.skip("normal search looks also at attributes", () => {
         const austria = becca_mocking.note("Austria");
         const vienna = becca_mocking.note("Vienna");
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca_mocking.findNoteByTitle(searchResults, "Vienna")).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    xit("normal search looks also at type and mime", () => {
+    it.skip("normal search looks also at type and mime", () => {
         rootNote.child(becca_mocking.note("Effective Java", { type: "book", mime: "" })).child(becca_mocking.note("Hello World.java", { type: "code", mime: "text/x-java" }));
 
         const searchContext = new SearchContext();
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(searchResults.length).toEqual(2);
     });
 
-    xit("only end leafs are results", () => {
+    it.skip("only end leafs are results", () => {
         rootNote.child(becca_mocking.note("Europe").child(becca_mocking.note("Austria")));
 
         const searchContext = new SearchContext();
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca_mocking.findNoteByTitle(searchResults, "Europe")).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    xit("only end leafs are results", () => {
+    it.skip("only end leafs are results", () => {
         rootNote.child(becca_mocking.note("Europe").child(becca_mocking.note("Austria").label("capital", "Vienna")));
 
         const searchContext = new SearchContext();
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca_mocking.findNoteByTitle(searchResults, "Czech Republic")).toBeTruthy();
     });
 
-    xit("inherited label comparison", () => {
+    it.skip("inherited label comparison", () => {
         rootNote.child(becca_mocking.note("Europe").label("country", "", true).child(becca_mocking.note("Austria")).child(becca_mocking.note("Czech Republic")));
 
         const searchContext = new SearchContext();
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca.notes[searchResults[0].noteId].title).toEqual("Europe");
     });
 
-    xit("test note.text *=* something", () => {
+    it.skip("test note.text *=* something", () => {
         const italy = becca_mocking.note("Italy").label("capital", "Rome");
         const slovakia = becca_mocking.note("Slovakia").label("capital", "Bratislava");
 
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
         expect(becca.notes[searchResults[0].noteId].title).toEqual("Slovakia");
     });
 
-    xit("test that fulltext does not match archived notes", () => {
+    it.skip("test that fulltext does not match archived notes", () => {
         const italy = becca_mocking.note("Italy").label("capital", "Rome");
         const slovakia = becca_mocking.note("Slovakia").label("capital", "Bratislava");
 
diff --git a/spec/search/value_extractor.spec.ts b/spec/search/value_extractor.spec.ts
index 4155a7e51..89a2c1389 100644
--- a/spec/search/value_extractor.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/search/value_extractor.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach } from "vitest";
 import becca_mocking from "./becca_mocking.js";
 import ValueExtractor from "../../src/services/search/value_extractor.js";
 import becca from "../../src/becca/becca.js";
diff --git a/spec/support/utils.spec.ts b/spec/support/utils.spec.ts
index 566e225d8..4c2c5566b 100644
--- a/spec/support/utils.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/support/utils.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { trimIndentation } from "./utils.js";
 
 describe("Utils", () => {
diff --git a/src/services/export/md.spec.ts b/src/services/export/md.spec.ts
index 12f0d5b65..7ecbfbb77 100644
--- a/src/services/export/md.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/export/md.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import markdownExportService from "./md.js";
 import { trimIndentation } from "../../../spec/support/utils.js";
 
diff --git a/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts b/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
index 73bad611b..06d9c87d3 100644
--- a/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
+++ b/src/services/import/markdown.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { trimIndentation } from "../../../spec/support/utils.js";
 import markdownService from "./markdown.js";
 
diff --git a/src/share/content_renderer.spec.ts b/src/share/content_renderer.spec.ts
index d79cd7840..85d1c9dde 100644
--- a/src/share/content_renderer.spec.ts
+++ b/src/share/content_renderer.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { renderCode, type Result } from "./content_renderer.js";
 
 describe("content_renderer", () => {
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ describe("content_renderer", () => {
                 content: "   "
             };
             renderCode(emptyResult);
-            expect(emptyResult.isEmpty).toBeTrue();
+            expect(emptyResult.isEmpty).toBeTruthy();
         });
 
         it("identifies unsupported content type", () => {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ describe("content_renderer", () => {
                 content: Buffer.from("Hello world")
             };
             renderCode(emptyResult);
-            expect(emptyResult.isEmpty).toBeTrue();
+            expect(emptyResult.isEmpty).toBeTruthy();
         });
 
         it("wraps code in <pre>", () => {