diff --git a/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb b/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
index 90925d6f8..b6fb2183e 100644
--- a/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
+++ b/lib/aruba/processes/basic_process.rb
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ def inspect
 
       alias to_s inspect
 
-      private
-
       def command
         Shellwords.split(commandline).first
       end
@@ -133,6 +131,8 @@ def arguments
         []
       end
 
+      private
+
       def truncate(string, max_length)
         return string if string.length <= max_length
         string[0, max_length - 1] + ' ...'
diff --git a/spec/aruba/processes/spawn_process_spec.rb b/spec/aruba/processes/spawn_process_spec.rb
index ad4317ec6..8a0ce233d 100644
--- a/spec/aruba/processes/spawn_process_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aruba/processes/spawn_process_spec.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
     before(:each) { process.stop }
 
     context 'when invoked once' do
+      it 'has the right args' do
+        expect(process.command).to eq 'ruby'
+        expect(process.arguments).to eq ['-e', 'warn "yo"']
+      end
+
       it { expect(process.stderr).to eq "yo\n" }
     end