diff --git a/tests/api_controller_test.php b/tests/api_controller_test.php
index 348d76d05977c55e0ca7972fe12a22eae7f508fd..f1e95fee86f948b24a9ae8723da4fbad55ee234c 100644
--- a/tests/api_controller_test.php
+++ b/tests/api_controller_test.php
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ class api_controller_test extends qtype_stack_testcase {
         $this->assertEquals(false, $results->isdeployedseeds);
         $this->assertEquals(false, $results->israndomvariants);
         $this->assertEquals(false, $results->istests);
-        $this->assertEquals(stack_string('default_test_fail'), $results->results->noseed->messages);
+        $this->assertEquals(stack_string('defaulttestfail'), $results->results->noseed->messages);
         $this->assertEquals(1, $results->results->noseed->fails);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $results->results->noseed->passes);
     }