diff --git a/cmd/gossamer/utils_test.go b/cmd/gossamer/utils_test.go
index d54bbaef8a..035bac51e7 100644
--- a/cmd/gossamer/utils_test.go
+++ b/cmd/gossamer/utils_test.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func Test_setupLogger(t *testing.T) {
 			"Test gossamer --log blah",
 			[]string{"log"},
 			[]interface{}{"blah"},
-			errors.New("level is not recognised: blah"),
+			errors.New("cannot parse log level string: level is not recognised: blah"),
 		},
 	}