diff --git a/chattool/__init__.py b/chattool/__init__.py
index 5cd9732..a654eff 100644
--- a/chattool/__init__.py
+++ b/chattool/__init__.py
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ def save_envs(env_file:str):
 elif platform.startswith("darwin"):
     platform = "macos"
 
+# is jupyter notebook
+try:
+    get_ipython
+    is_jupyter = True
+except:
+    is_jupyter = False
+
 def default_prompt(msg:str):
     """Default prompt message for the API call
 
diff --git a/chattool/chattype.py b/chattool/chattype.py
index e9e4c25..897d184 100644
--- a/chattool/chattype.py
+++ b/chattool/chattype.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ def getresponse( self
         max_tries = max(max_tries, max_requests)
         if options.get('stream'):
             options['stream'] = False
-            warnings.warn("Use `async_stream_responses()` instead.")
+            warnings.warn("Use `stream_responses` instead.")
         options = self._init_options(**options)
         # make requests
         api_key, chat_log, chat_url = self.api_key, self.chat_log, self.chat_url
@@ -259,29 +259,38 @@ async def async_stream_responses( self
         
         Returns:
             str: response text
+        
+        Examples:
+            >>> chat = Chat("Hello")
+            >>> # in Jupyter notebook
+            >>> async for resp in chat.async_stream_responses():
+            >>>     print(resp)
         """
         async for resp in _async_stream_responses(
             self.api_key, self.chat_url, self.chat_log, self.model, timeout=timeout, **options):
             yield resp.delta_content if textonly else resp
     
-    def stream_responses(self, timeout:int=0, textonly:bool=False, **options):
+    def stream_responses(self, timeout:int=0, textonly:bool=True, **options):
         """Post request synchronously and stream the responses
 
         Args:
             timeout (int, optional): timeout for the API call. Defaults to 0(no timeout).
-            textonly (bool, optional): whether to only return the text. Defaults to False.
+            textonly (bool, optional): whether to only return the text. Defaults to True.
             options (dict, optional): other options like `temperature`, `top_p`, etc.
         
         Returns:
             str: response text
+
+        Examples:
+            >>> chat = Chat("Hello")
+            >>> for resp in chat.stream_responses():
+            >>>     print(resp)
         """
-        
+        assert not chattool.is_jupyter, "use `await chat.async_stream_responses()` in Jupyter notebook"
         async_gen = self.async_stream_responses(timeout=timeout, textonly=textonly, **options)
         loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
         asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-
         try:
-            # Synchronously get responses from the async generator
             while True:
                 try:
                     # Run the async generator to get each response
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..511346d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import pytest
+from chattool import *
+
+TEST_PATH = 'tests/testfiles/'
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def testpath():
+    return TEST_PATH
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_async.py b/tests/test_async.py
index 210cd0a..5d80a2f 100644
--- a/tests/test_async.py
+++ b/tests/test_async.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 chatlogs = [
     [{"role": "user", "content": f"Print hello using {lang}"}] for lang in langs
 ]
-testpath = 'tests/testfiles/'
 
 def test_simple():
     # set api_key in the environment variable
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@ async def show_resp(chat):
         async for resp in chat.async_stream_responses():
             print(resp.delta_content, end='')
     asyncio.run(show_resp(chat))
+    for resp in chat.stream_responses():
+        print(resp, end='')
 
 def test_async_typewriter():
     def typewriter_effect(text, delay):
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ async def show_resp(chat):
     chat = Chat("Print hello using Python")
     asyncio.run(show_resp(chat))
 
-def test_async_process():
+def test_async_process(testpath):
     chkpoint = testpath + "test_async.jsonl"
     t = time.time()
     async_chat_completion(chatlogs[:1], chkpoint, clearfile=True, nproc=3)
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ def test_async_process():
     print(f"Time elapsed: {time.time() - t:.2f}s")
 
 # broken test
-def test_failed_async():
+def test_failed_async(testpath):
     api_key = chattool.api_key
     chattool.api_key = "sk-invalid"
     chkpoint = testpath + "test_async_fail.jsonl"
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ def test_failed_async():
     resp = async_chat_completion(words, chkpoint, clearfile=True, nproc=3)
     chattool.api_key = api_key
 
-def test_async_process_withfunc():
+def test_async_process_withfunc(testpath):
     chkpoint = testpath + "test_async_withfunc.jsonl"
     words = ["hello", "Can you help me?", "Do not translate this word", "I need help with my homework"]
     def msg2log(msg):
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ def msg2log(msg):
         return chat.chat_log
     async_chat_completion(words, chkpoint, clearfile=True, nproc=3,  msg2log=msg2log)
 
-def test_normal_process():
+def test_normal_process(testpath):
     chkpoint = testpath + "test_nomal.jsonl"
     def data2chat(data):
         chat = Chat(data)
diff --git a/tests/test_chattool.py b/tests/test_chattool.py
index 5520492..ae1739c 100644
--- a/tests/test_chattool.py
+++ b/tests/test_chattool.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from chattool import cli
 from chattool import Chat, Resp, findcost
 import pytest
-testpath = 'tests/testfiles/'
 
 
 def test_command_line_interface():
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ def test_command_line_interface():
     assert '--help  Show this message and exit.' in help_result.output
 
 # test for the chat class
-def test_chat():
+def test_chat(testpath):
     # initialize
     chat = Chat()
     assert chat.chat_log == []
diff --git a/tests/test_checkpoint.py b/tests/test_checkpoint.py
index cd81821..ff737b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_checkpoint.py
+++ b/tests/test_checkpoint.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import os, responses
 from chattool import Chat, load_chats, process_chats, api_key
-testpath = 'tests/testfiles/'
 
-def test_with_checkpoint():
+def test_with_checkpoint(testpath):
     # save chats without chatid
     chat = Chat()
     checkpath = testpath + "tmp.jsonl"
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ def test_with_checkpoint():
     ]
     assert chats == [Chat(log) if log is not None else None for log in chat_logs]
 
-def test_process_chats():
+def test_process_chats(testpath):
     def msg2chat(msg):
         chat = Chat()
         chat.system("You are a helpful translator for numbers.")
diff --git a/tests/test_envs.py b/tests/test_envs.py
index 8a5a290..30a4dc2 100644
--- a/tests/test_envs.py
+++ b/tests/test_envs.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import chattool
 from chattool import Chat, save_envs, load_envs
-testpath = 'tests/testfiles/'
 
 def test_model_api_key():
     api_key, model = chattool.api_key, chattool.model
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ def test_apibase():
 
     chattool.api_base, chattool.base_url = api_base, base_url
 
-def test_env_file():
+def test_env_file(testpath):
     save_envs(testpath + "chattool.env")
     with open(testpath + "test.env", "w") as f:
         f.write("OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-132\n")
diff --git a/tests/test_request.py b/tests/test_request.py
index 7a14bbb..54a4a89 100644
--- a/tests/test_request.py
+++ b/tests/test_request.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 )
 import pytest, chattool, os
 api_key, base_url, api_base = chattool.api_key, chattool.base_url, chattool.api_base
-testpath = 'tests/testfiles/'
 
 def test_valid_models():
     if chattool.api_base:
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ def test_normalize_url():
     assert normalize_url("api.openai.com") == "https://api.openai.com"
     assert normalize_url("example.com/foo/bar") == "https://example.com/foo/bar"
 
-def test_broken_requests():
+def test_broken_requests(testpath):
     """Test the broken requests"""
     with open(testpath + "test.txt", "w") as f:
         f.write("hello world")