diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 2592ec4..0c5bc0b 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -172,19 +172,7 @@ def api_profiles() -> Response:
             if os.path.isdir(profile_dir):
                 profile_names.add(name)
 
-    check_path = core.profile.read_path("check-profile.sh")
-    assert os.path.exists(check_path), "Missing profile check script"
-    check_cmd = ["bash", check_path, core.profile.write_path()]
-    logger.debug(check_cmd)
-
-    downloaded = True
-    try:
-        output = subprocess.check_output(check_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).decode()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        output = e.output.decode()
-        logger.warning(output)
-        downloaded = False
-
+    downloaded = core.check_profile()
     return jsonify(
         {
             "default_profile": core.profile.name,
@@ -202,28 +190,9 @@ def api_download_profile() -> str:
     """Downloads the current profile."""
     assert core is not None
     delete = request.args.get("delete", "false").lower() == "true"
+    core.download_profile(delete=delete)
 
-    download_script = os.path.abspath(core.profile.read_path("download-profile.sh"))
-    logger.debug(download_script)
-    assert os.path.exists(download_script), "Profile download script is missing."
-    download_cmd = ["bash", download_script, core.profile.write_path()]
-
-    if delete:
-        download_cmd.append("--delete")
-
-    logger.debug(download_cmd)
-
-    try:
-        output = subprocess.check_output(
-            download_cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
-        ).decode()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
-        logger.exception("download profile")
-        output = e.output.decode()
-        logger.error(output)
-        raise Exception(output)
-
-    return output
+    return "OK"
 
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bin/rhasspy b/bin/rhasspy
index b2d5af9..a8c927c 100755
--- a/bin/rhasspy
+++ b/bin/rhasspy
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ source "${venv}/bin/activate"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${venv}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 
 # Use local Kaldi
-if [[ -d "${this_dir}/../opt/kaldi" ]]; then
-    export KALDI_PREFIX="${this_dir}/../opt"
+if [[ -d "${this_dir}/opt/kaldi" ]]; then
+    export KALDI_PREFIX="${this_dir}/opt"
 fi
 
 # Path to sphinxtrain tools
diff --git a/rhasspy/utils.py b/rhasspy/utils.py
index 8930ce3..7f6bfc3 100755
--- a/rhasspy/utils.py
+++ b/rhasspy/utils.py
@@ -50,16 +50,21 @@ def read_dict(
         if len(line) == 0:
             continue
 
-        word, pronounce = re.split(r"[ ]+", line, maxsplit=1)
-        idx = word.find("(")
-        if idx > 0:
-            word = word[:idx]
+        try:
+            # Use explicit whitespace (avoid 0xA0)
+            word, pronounce = re.split(r"[ \t]+", line, maxsplit=1)
 
-        pronounce = pronounce.strip()
-        if word in word_dict:
-            word_dict[word].append(pronounce)
-        else:
-            word_dict[word] = [pronounce]
+            idx = word.find("(")
+            if idx > 0:
+                word = word[:idx]
+
+            pronounce = pronounce.strip()
+            if word in word_dict:
+                word_dict[word].append(pronounce)
+            else:
+                word_dict[word] = [pronounce]
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.warning(f"read_dict: {e}")
 
     return word_dict
 
diff --git a/run-tests.sh b/run-tests.sh
index 722dd86..4c92e38 100755
--- a/run-tests.sh
+++ b/run-tests.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ if [[ ! -d "${venv}" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# Force .venv/lib to be used
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${venv}/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
+
+# Use local Kaldi
+if [[ -d "${this_dir}/opt/kaldi" ]]; then
+    export KALDI_PREFIX="${this_dir}/opt"
+fi
+
+# Path to sphinxtrain tools
+if [[ -d "/usr/lib/sphinxtrain" ]]; then
+    export PATH="/usr/lib/sphinxtrain:${PATH}"
+fi
+
 cd "${this_dir}"
-source .venv/bin/activate
+source "${venv}/bin/activate"
 python3 test.py "$@"
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 5b17b37..c8b0631 100755
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class RhasspyTestCore:
 
     def __exit__(self, *args):
         self.core.shutdown()
+
         try:
             self.user_profiles_dir.cleanup()
         except:
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ class RhasspyTestCore:
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-PROFILES = ["en", "de", "es", "fr", "it", "nl", "ru", "pt"]
-# Not passing: vi, el
+PROFILES = ["en", "de", "es", "fr", "it", "nl", "ru"]
+# Not passing: vi, el, pt
 # Not tested: hi, zh
 TEST_WAV_PATH = {p: os.path.join("etc", "test", p, "test.wav") for p in PROFILES}
 TEST_JSON = {