diff --git a/ansys/mapdl/reader/rst.py b/ansys/mapdl/reader/rst.py
index 2a9c6fe9..31687435 100644
--- a/ansys/mapdl/reader/rst.py
+++ b/ansys/mapdl/reader/rst.py
@@ -759,11 +759,11 @@ def animate_nodal_solution(self, rnum, comp='norm',
                                node_components=None,
                                element_components=None,
                                sel_type_all=True, add_text=True,
-                               displacement_factor=0.1, nangles=100,
+                               displacement_factor=0.1, n_frames=100,
                                loop=True, movie_filename=None,
                                **kwargs):
         """Animate nodal solution.  Assumes nodal solution is a
-        displacement array from a modal solution.
+        displacement array from a modal or static solution.
 
         rnum : int or list
             Cumulative result number with zero based indexing, or a
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ def animate_nodal_solution(self, rnum, comp='norm',
         displacement_factor : float, optional
             Increases or decreases displacement by a factor.
 
-        nangles : int, optional
+        n_frames : int, optional
             Number of "frames" between each full cycle.
 
         loop : bool, optional
@@ -824,6 +824,11 @@ def animate_nodal_solution(self, rnum, comp='norm',
 
         >>> rst.animate_nodal_solution(0, movie_filename='disp.mp4')
         """
+        if 'nangles' in kwargs:
+            n_frames = kwargs.pop('nangles')
+            warnings.warn('The ``nangles`` kwarg is depreciated and ``n_frames`` '
+                          'should be used instead.')
+
         scalars = None
         if comp:
             _, disp = self.nodal_solution(rnum)
@@ -861,7 +866,7 @@ def animate_nodal_solution(self, rnum, comp='norm',
                                         node_components=node_components,
                                         element_components=element_components,
                                         sel_type_all=sel_type_all,
-                                        nangles=nangles,
+                                        n_frames=n_frames,
                                         displacement_factor=displacement_factor,
                                         movie_filename=movie_filename,
                                         loop=loop, **kwargs)
@@ -2407,7 +2412,7 @@ def cs_4x4(self, cs_cord, as_vtk_matrix=False):
 
     def _plot_point_scalars(self, scalars, rnum=None, grid=None,
                             show_displacement=False, displacement_factor=1,
-                            add_text=True, animate=False, nangles=100,
+                            add_text=True, animate=False, n_frames=100,
                             overlay_wireframe=False, node_components=None,
                             element_components=None,
                             sel_type_all=True, movie_filename=None,
@@ -2587,10 +2592,10 @@ def q_callback():
             plotter.add_key_event("q", q_callback)
 
             first_loop = True
-            cached_normals = [None for _ in range(nangles)]
+            cached_normals = [None for _ in range(n_frames)]
             while self._animating:
 
-                for j, angle in enumerate(np.linspace(0, np.pi*2, nangles + 1)[:-1]):
+                for j, angle in enumerate(np.linspace(0, np.pi*2, n_frames + 1)[:-1]):
                     mag_adj = np.sin(angle)
                     if scalars is not None:
                         copied_mesh.active_scalars[:] = scalars*mag_adj
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 5211f222..09bc938d 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ def mapdl(request):
             EXEC_FILE = get_ansys_bin(rver)
             break
 
-    return launch_mapdl(EXEC_FILE, override=True, cleanup_on_exit=cleanup)
+    return launch_mapdl(EXEC_FILE, override=True, cleanup_on_exit=cleanup,
+                        additional_switches='-smp')
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')
diff --git a/tests/test_binary_reader.py b/tests/test_binary_reader.py
index 2fa882de..8d0bd210 100644
--- a/tests/test_binary_reader.py
+++ b/tests/test_binary_reader.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def test_file_close(tmpdir):
     shutil.copy(examples.rstfile, tmpfile)
     rst = pymapdl_reader.read_binary(tmpfile)
     nnum, stress = rst.nodal_stress(0)
+    del rst
     os.remove(tmpfile)  # tests file has been correctly closed
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_dist_rst.py b/tests/test_dist_rst.py
index 83c59994..ba6289d0 100644
--- a/tests/test_dist_rst.py
+++ b/tests/test_dist_rst.py
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ def test_not_a_dis_rst(tmpdir):
 
 @skip_no_ansys
 def test_not_all_found(thermal_solution, mapdl, tmpdir):
+    if not mapdl._distributed:
+        return
     filename = os.path.join(mapdl.directory, 'file0.rth')
-
     tmp_file = os.path.join(mapdl.directory, 'tmp0.rth')
     shutil.copy(filename, tmp_file)
     with pytest.raises(FileNotFoundError):
@@ -93,6 +94,9 @@ def test_not_all_found(thermal_solution, mapdl, tmpdir):
 
 @skip_no_ansys
 def test_temperature(thermal_solution, mapdl, tmpdir):
+    if not mapdl._distributed:
+        return
+
     ans_temp = mapdl.post_processing.nodal_temperature
     dist_rst = pymapdl_reader.read_binary(os.path.join(mapdl.directory, 'file0.rth'))
 
@@ -109,6 +113,9 @@ def test_temperature(thermal_solution, mapdl, tmpdir):
 
 @skip_no_ansys
 def test_plot_temperature(thermal_solution, mapdl):
+    if not mapdl._distributed:
+        return
+
     dist_rst = pymapdl_reader.read_binary(os.path.join(mapdl.directory, 'file0.rth'))
     cpos = dist_rst.plot_nodal_temperature(0)
     assert isinstance(cpos, CameraPosition)