diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 98a8e39d82fc1f1820788114d0a2458b56032c41..5a6a56a1b81cae64bee8544cba4f119bed73626d 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def test_run_method(tmp_path):
         # ensure single string command works
         assert run(("ls -l"), shell=True).returncode == 0
         # test spaces are handled correctly:
-        assert run(["touch", "file1 file2"]).returncode == 0
+        assert run(["touch", "file1", "file2"]).returncode == 0
         assert os.path.exists("file1")
         assert os.path.exists("file2")
         # test output is captured: