diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e412d9a9..0f164c70 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ help-check: help-update
 # test
 #
 test: plenary.nvim
-	scripts/test.sh $$TEST_NAME
+	scripts/test.sh
 
 #
 # Dependencies
diff --git a/scripts/test.sh b/scripts/test.sh
index 3ff47543..2694968c 100755
--- a/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/scripts/test.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ export DIR_PLENARY
 
 if [ "${#}" -eq 1 ]; then
 	TEST_NAME="${1}"
-else
+elif [ -z "${TEST_NAME}" ]; then
 	TEST_NAME="tests"
 fi
 export TEST_NAME
 
+echo "testing: ${TEST_NAME}"
+
 nvim --headless \
 	--clean \
 	-u "${DIR_REPO}/tests/minimal_init.lua" \