diff --git a/dandiapi/api/tests/test_robots.py b/dandiapi/api/tests/test_robots.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..342b9754a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dandiapi/api/tests/test_robots.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_robots_txt(api_client):
+    response = api_client.get(reverse('robots_txt'))
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    assert response['Content-Type'] == 'text/plain'
+    expected_content = """
+    User-agent: *
+    Disallow: /
+    """
+    assert response.content.decode('utf-8').strip() == expected_content.strip()
diff --git a/dandiapi/urls.py b/dandiapi/urls.py
index e7364040b..c20c42a1c 100644
--- a/dandiapi/urls.py
+++ b/dandiapi/urls.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def to_url(self, value):
 register_converter(DandisetIDConverter, 'dandiset_id')
 urlpatterns = [
     path('', root_content_view),
-    path("robots.txt", robots_txt_view),
+    path('robots.txt', robots_txt_view),
     path('api/', include(router.urls)),
     path('api/auth/token/', auth_token_view, name='auth-token'),
     path('api/stats/', stats_view),