diff --git a/test/basic-e2e.bats b/test/basic-e2e.bats
index 135acc43..84892e80 100644
--- a/test/basic-e2e.bats
+++ b/test/basic-e2e.bats
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ setup() {
     # case 2: Transaction rejected sender attempts to transfer more than they have in their wallet
     # Trx will fail pre validation check on the node and will be dropped subsequently from the pool
     # without recording it on the chain and hence nonce will not change
-    local sender_balance=$(rpcQuery "balance" --ether "$senderAddr") || return 1
+    local sender_balance=$(rpcQuery "balance" "--ether" "$senderAddr") || return 1
     local excessive_value=$(echo "$sender_balance + 1" | bc)ether
     run sendTx "$private_key" "$receiver" "$excessive_value"
-    assert_failure "Transaction should fail when attempting to transfer more than the sender's balance"
+    assert_failure "Transaction should fail when attempting to transfer more than the sender balance"
 
     # check wheather nonce of sender was updated correctly or not
     local final_nonce=$(rpcQuery "nonce" "$senderAddr") || return 1
-    assert_equal "$final_nonce" "$(echo "$initial_nonce + 1" | bc)" "Error: nonce not updated correctly"
+    assert_equal "$final_nonce" "$(echo "$initial_nonce + 1" | bc)" "Error nonce not updated correctly"
 }
 
 @test "Deploy ERC20Mock contract" {