diff --git a/tests/shell/test_basic_commands.py b/tests/shell/test_basic_commands.py
index 8021d014..12688c0b 100644
--- a/tests/shell/test_basic_commands.py
+++ b/tests/shell/test_basic_commands.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 def test_fast_dev_run_with_evaluation():
     """Test running for 1 train, val and test batch."""
-    command = ["train.py", "++trainer.fast_dev_run=true", "++test=true", "++experiment=imdb"]
+    command = ["train.py", "experiment=imdb", "++trainer.fast_dev_run=true", "++test=true"]
     run_command(command)