diff --git a/tests/cogs/downloader/test_downloader.py b/tests/cogs/downloader/test_downloader.py
index 9763e2170..2f75800a6 100644
--- a/tests/cogs/downloader/test_downloader.py
+++ b/tests/cogs/downloader/test_downloader.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import pathlib
 from collections import namedtuple
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -89,14 +90,13 @@ async def test_clone_repo(repo_norun, capsys):
     await repo_norun.clone()
 
     clone_cmd, _ = capsys.readouterr()
-
-    clone_cmd = clone_cmd.strip("[']").split("', '")
+    clone_cmd = clone_cmd.strip("[']\n").split("', '")
     assert clone_cmd[0] == "git"
     assert clone_cmd[1] == "clone"
     assert clone_cmd[2] == "-b"
     assert clone_cmd[3] == "rewrite_cogs"
     assert clone_cmd[4] == repo_norun.url
-    assert "repos/squid" in clone_cmd[5]
+    assert ("repos", "squid") == pathlib.Path(clone_cmd[5]).parts[-2:]
 
 
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