diff --git a/test/FASTASpec.hs b/test/FASTASpec.hs
index 38bd83b..4f1cbb3 100644
--- a/test/FASTASpec.hs
+++ b/test/FASTASpec.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import Bio.FASTA.Parser       (parseOnly)
 import Bio.FASTA.Type         (Fasta, FastaItem (..))
 import Bio.Sequence           (bareSequence)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import qualified Data.Text    as T
 import Data.Text.IO           (readFile)
 import Prelude                hiding (readFile, writeFile)
 import System.Directory       (removeFile)
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ parseBadFile path cf =
     it ("correctly parses bad fasta from file " <> path) $ do
         res <- liftIO (readFile path)
         let badRes = parseOnly fastaP res
-        badRes `shouldBe` cf
+        noTabs badRes `shouldBe` cf
 
 writeFile :: FilePath -> Fasta Char -> Spec
 writeFile path cf =
@@ -79,3 +80,6 @@ writeFile path cf =
         fasta <- fromFile path
         removeFile path
         fasta `shouldBe` cf
+
+noTabs :: String -> String
+noTabs = T.unpack . T.replace "\t" " " . T.pack