diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b9e48355e..94ebe7082 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ test-e2e-cleanup: ## cleanup test e2e namespace/pr left open
 
 .PHONY: test-e2e
 test-e2e:  test-e2e-cleanup ## run e2e tests
-	@env GODEBUG=asynctimerchan=1 \
-		go test $(GO_TEST_FLAGS) -timeout $(TIMEOUT_E2E)  -failfast -count=1 -tags=e2e $(GO_TEST_FLAGS) ./test
+	env GODEBUG=asynctimerchan=1 \
+		go test -timeout $(TIMEOUT_E2E)  -failfast -count=1 -tags=e2e -v $(GO_TEST_FLAGS) ./test
 
 .PHONY: html-coverage
 html-coverage: ## generate html coverage
diff --git a/hack/gh-workflow-ci.sh b/hack/gh-workflow-ci.sh
index b93aed406..8bf3baeae 100755
--- a/hack/gh-workflow-ci.sh
+++ b/hack/gh-workflow-ci.sh
@@ -141,10 +141,7 @@ run_e2e_tests() {
 
   mapfile -t tests < <(get_tests "${target}")
   echo "About to run ${#tests[@]} tests: ${tests[*]}"
-  env GO_TEST_FLAGS="-run '$(
-    IFS='|'
-    echo "${tests[*]}"
-  )'" make test-e2e
+  GO_TEST_FLAGS="-run \"$(echo "${tests[*]}" | sed 's/ /|/g')\"" make test-e2e
 }
 
 collect_logs() {