diff --git a/unittests/test_identifiable.py b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
index d1bc275f3e99c3a023441d0bb4356aef96ed6cdc..25de8fdfa59019df3948a00f92b44fd7b1b39ee7 100644
--- a/unittests/test_identifiable.py
+++ b/unittests/test_identifiable.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_name():
 
 def test_repr():
     # only test that something meaningful is returned
-    assert 'properties'  str(Identifiable(name="A", record_type="B"))
+    assert 'properties' in str(Identifiable(name="A", record_type="B"))
 
 
 def test_equality():