diff --git a/tests/test_particle_restart/test_particle_restart.py b/tests/test_particle_restart/test_particle_restart.py
index 5c82f18249..a69065f1be 100644
--- a/tests/test_particle_restart/test_particle_restart.py
+++ b/tests/test_particle_restart/test_particle_restart.py
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ def test_run():
     proc = Popen([pwd + '/../../src/openmc'], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
     returncode = proc.wait()
     print(proc.communicate()[0])
-    assert returncode == 0
+    assert returncode != 0
 
 def test_run_restart():
-    proc = Popen([pwd + '/../../src/openmc'], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+    proc = Popen([pwd + '/../../src/openmc -s particle_0.binary'], 
+           stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
     returncode = proc.wait()
     print(proc.communicate()[0])
-    assert returncode == 0
+    assert returncode != 0
 
 def test_created_restart():
     assert os.path.exists(pwd + '/particle_0.binary')