diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 489f50856c945dace8f5560ca595c54d05bc49ed..b4e625161d772bc5b4201e9f741a34c5599ca5fd 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ install:
 build: off
 
 test_script:
-   - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=plio
+   - cmd: nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package=plio
 
 after_test:
    # After test success, package and upload to Anaconda
-   - ~/miniconda/bin/python condaci.py build ./conda
+   - cmd: ~/miniconda/bin/python condaci.py build ./conda