diff --git a/tidelift_yml_test.go b/tidelift_yml_test.go
index 4df7a54..9852695 100644
--- a/tidelift_yml_test.go
+++ b/tidelift_yml_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ func TestPassesMinimumRequirements(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReadTideliftYamlFile(t *testing.T) {
-	yamlFile := string(readTideliftYamlFile("test/good_config"))
-	assert.Equal(t, "team-name: tidelift\nrepository-name: fake\n", yamlFile, "should have parsed")
+	yamlFile := readTideliftYamlFile("test/good_config")
+	assert.Equal(t,
+		[]byte("team-name: tidelift\nrepository-name: fake\n"),
+		yamlFile,
+		"should have loaded file into []byte")
 }