diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index 5bdf0e3415..42305ded35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ jobs:
                         $UNIT_TEST selfdrive/car && \
                         $UNIT_TEST selfdrive/locationd && \
                         $UNIT_TEST selfdrive/athena && \
+                        nosetests -s selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py && \
                         $UNIT_TEST selfdrive/thermald && \
                         $UNIT_TEST tools/lib/tests && \
                         ./selfdrive/common/tests/test_util && \
diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 6abb56873f..89dd58da4d 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ pipeline {
                   steps {
                     phone_steps("eon", [
                       ["build", "cd selfdrive/manager && ./build.py"],
-                      ["test athena", "nosetests -s selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py"],
                       ["test sounds", "nosetests -s selfdrive/ui/tests/test_sounds.py"],
                       ["test boardd loopback", "nosetests -s selfdrive/boardd/tests/test_boardd_loopback.py"],
                       ["test loggerd", "python selfdrive/loggerd/tests/test_loggerd.py"],
diff --git a/selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py b/selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index b978d12ccb..f9e4958ec9
--- a/selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py
+++ b/selfdrive/athena/tests/test_athenad_old.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ os.environ['FAKEUPLOAD'] = "1"
 
 
 def test_athena():
-  print("ATHENA")
   start = sec_since_boot()
   managed_processes['manage_athenad'].start()
 
@@ -30,14 +29,14 @@ def test_athena():
     assert False, "manage_athenad is dead"
 
   def expect_athena_starts(timeout=30):
-    now = time.time()
+    now = time.monotonic()
     athenad_pid = None
     while athenad_pid is None:
       try:
         athenad_pid = subprocess.check_output(["pgrep", "-P", manage_athenad_pid], encoding="utf-8").strip()
         return athenad_pid
       except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        if time.time() - now > timeout:
+        if time.monotonic() - now > timeout:
           assert False, f"Athena did not start within {timeout} seconds"
         time.sleep(0.5)