diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49e26c88b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Root level conftest to ignore scripts folder in doctests.
+def pytest_ignore_collect(path):
+    if "scripts/" in str(path):
+        return True
+    if "docs/" in str(path):
+        return True
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ea8877409..ec01f691b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyaro>=0.0.14",
     "pooch>=1.7.0",
     "psutil>=5.0.0",
+    "geopy"
 ]
 
 [project.readme]
@@ -209,7 +210,7 @@ commands_pre =
     python --version
     python -m pip freeze --all
 commands =
-    python -m pytest -ra -q {posargs:--cov --no-cov-on-fail}
+    python -m pytest --doctest-modules . -ra -q {posargs:--cov --no-cov-on-fail}
 extras =
     test
 setenv =