diff --git a/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh b/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
index 96ba8e5848..344986605a 100755
--- a/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
+++ b/tests/nym-gateway-binary-check.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ check_gateway_binary_build() if [ -f nym-gateway ]; then
 
   # do asserts here based upon the output on init
 
-  assert $(echo ${VALUE}) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
+  assert "echo ${VALUE}" $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
   assert_end nym-gateway-tests
 else
   echo "exting test no binary found"
diff --git a/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh b/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
index 76f5a39133..e7ed4a00d3 100755
--- a/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
+++ b/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ check_mixnode_binary_build() {
     VALUE="$(echo ${OUTPUT} | jq .wallet_address | tr -d '"')"
 
     # do asserts here based upon the output on init
-    assert $(echo ${VALUE}) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
+    assert "echo ${VALUE}" $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
     assert_end nym-mixnode-tests
   else
     echo "exiting test no binary found"