diff --git a/pkg/config/config_test.go b/pkg/config/config_test.go
index c7cc5740..4d822c28 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func TestWrite_NoMultilineSideEffects(t *testing.T) {
 	expected, err := os.ReadFile("testdata/wakatime-multiline-expected.cfg")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	assert.Equal(t, strings.ReplaceAll(string(expected), "\r", ""), string(actual))
+	assert.Equal(t, string(expected), strings.ReplaceAll(string(actual), "\r", ""))
 }
 
 func TestWriteErr(t *testing.T) {