diff --git a/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/tests/test_spectral_extraction.py b/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/tests/test_spectral_extraction.py
index 32895927e6..4d6d9a96b3 100644
--- a/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/tests/test_spectral_extraction.py
+++ b/jdaviz/configs/cubeviz/plugins/spectral_extraction/tests/test_spectral_extraction.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 import warnings
 
-pytest.importorskip("astropy", minversion="5.3.2")
-
 import numpy as np
 from astropy import units as u
 from astropy.io import fits
@@ -572,6 +570,7 @@ def test_default_spectral_extraction(cubeviz_helper, spectrum1d_cube_fluxunit_jy
     )
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures('_jail')
 @pytest.mark.remote_data
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "start_slice, aperture, expected_rtol, uri, calspec_url",
diff --git a/jdaviz/core/launcher.py b/jdaviz/core/launcher.py
index 0b6e69f0e4..23ab7a1ec9 100644
--- a/jdaviz/core/launcher.py
+++ b/jdaviz/core/launcher.py
@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ def open(filename, show=True, **kwargs):
         The autoidentified ConfigHelper for the given data
     '''
     # first catch URIs and download them, or return filename unchanged:
-    filename = download_uri_to_path(filename, cache=True)
+    if "local_path" in kwargs:
+        fn_dl_kw = {"local_path": kwargs["local_path"]}
+    else:
+        fn_dl_kw = {}
+    filename = download_uri_to_path(filename, cache=True, **fn_dl_kw)
 
     # Identify the correct config
     compatible_helpers, hdul = identify_helper(filename)