diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d52e779..3bc738e 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ end
         @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x[1:2,:], id, types; v, image, bexpand=true) 
         @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x, id[1:99], types; v, image, bexpand=true) 
         @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x, id, types[1:99]; v, image, bexpand=true) 
-        @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x, id, types; v=v[1:2,:]; image, bexpand=true) 
+        @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x, id, types; v=v[1:2,:], image, bexpand=true)
         @test_throws ArgumentError create_atoms(lmp, x, id, types; v, image=image[1:99], bexpand=true) 
 
     end