diff --git a/tests/end-to-end/testpreservehooks.bats b/tests/end-to-end/testpreservehooks.bats
index 6f92ed2c..17921df2 100644
--- a/tests/end-to-end/testpreservehooks.bats
+++ b/tests/end-to-end/testpreservehooks.bats
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
+# Test to ensure pre-exisiting hooks within the .pre-commit-config.yaml files
+# are persisted when installing secureli
+
 MOCK_REPO='tests/test-data/mock-repo'
 
 setup() {
   load "${BATS_LIBS_ROOT}/bats-support/load"
   load "${BATS_LIBS_ROOT}/bats-assert/load"
   mkdir -p $MOCK_REPO
-  echo '# Ive been here the whole time!' > $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+  echo '# Existing YAML Contents should persist' > $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+  echo 'repos:' >> $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+  echo '-   repo: https://github.com/hhatto/autopep8'
+  echo '    rev: v2.0.4' >> $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+  echo '    hooks:' >> $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+  echo '    -   id: autopep8' >> $MOCK_REPO/.pre-commit-config.yaml
   echo 'print("hello world!")' > $MOCK_REPO/hw.py
   run git init $MOCK_REPO
 }
 
 @test "can preserve pre-existing hooks" {
     run python secureli/main.py init -y  --directory $MOCK_REPO
-    run grep '# Ive been here the whole time!' $MOCK_REPO/.secureli/.pre-commit-config.yaml
-    assert_output --partial '# Ive been here the whole time!'
+    run grep '# Existing YAML Contents should persist' $MOCK_REPO/.secureli/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+    assert_output --partial '# Existing YAML Contents should persist'
 }
 
 teardown() {