diff --git a/tests/unit/events.bats b/tests/unit/events.bats
index bbd552c52..eed3ff94c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/events.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/events.bats
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ teardown() {
 }
 
 @test "(events) check conffiles" {
-  test -f /etc/logrotate.d/dokku
+  run bash -c "test -f /etc/logrotate.d/dokku"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
-  test -f /etc/rsyslog.d/99-dokku.conf
+  run bash -c "test -f /etc/rsyslog.d/99-dokku.conf"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_success
-  stat -c '%U:%G:%a' /var/log/dokku.log
+  run bash -c "stat -c '%U:%G:%a' /var/log/dokku.log"
   echo "output: "$output
   echo "status: "$status
   assert_output "syslog:dokku:644"