diff --git a/tests/kolide-launcher.nix b/tests/kolide-launcher.nix
index 2f133dc..67ed646 100644
--- a/tests/kolide-launcher.nix
+++ b/tests/kolide-launcher.nix
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pkgs.nixosTest {
 
   testScript = { nodes, ... }:
     let
-      user = nodes.machine.config.users.users.alice;
+      user = nodes.machine.users.users.alice;
       uid = toString user.uid;
       xauthority = "${user.home}/.Xauthority";
     in
diff --git a/tests/test-secret b/tests/test-secret
index 3263943..042f6b5 100644
--- a/tests/test-secret
+++ b/tests/test-secret
@@ -1 +1 @@
-test-secret
\ No newline at end of file
+This test file exists for tests that run only in GitHub CI
\ No newline at end of file