diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23c79b2..fb22dd4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,9 +171,11 @@ prog: microwatt.svf
 tests = $(sort $(patsubst tests/%.out,%,$(wildcard tests/*.out)))
 tests_console = $(sort $(patsubst tests/%.console_out,%,$(wildcard tests/*.console_out)))
 
-check: $(tests) $(tests_console) test_micropython test_micropython_long
+tests_console: $(tests_console)
 
-check_light: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 test_micropython test_micropython_long $(tests_console)
+check: $(tests) tests_console test_micropython test_micropython_long
+
+check_light: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 test_micropython test_micropython_long tests_console
 
 $(tests): core_tb
 	@./scripts/run_test.sh $@