diff --git a/tests/.#test_models_interfaces.py b/tests/.#test_models_interfaces.py
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..8d70c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.#test_models_interfaces.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+andrea@ubuntu-desktop.6447:1732264529
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diff --git a/tests/test_models_interfaces.py b/tests/test_models_interfaces.py
index 7fedbc7..b55629a 100644
--- a/tests/test_models_interfaces.py
+++ b/tests/test_models_interfaces.py
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ def backprop_test(frontend, model, data, target):
     assert grad < 1e-2
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("layer,seed", zip(ENCODING_LAYERS, [1, 4]))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("layer,seed", zip(ENCODING_LAYERS, [2, 4]))
 def test_encoding(backend, frontend, layer, seed):
     if frontend.__name__ == "qiboml.models.keras":
         pytest.skip("keras interface not ready.")