diff --git a/src/test/java/org/janelia/saalfeldlab/n5/ui/TestUriValidation.java b/src/test/java/org/janelia/saalfeldlab/n5/ui/TestUriValidation.java
index 24cf058c..79c92b94 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/janelia/saalfeldlab/n5/ui/TestUriValidation.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/janelia/saalfeldlab/n5/ui/TestUriValidation.java
@@ -44,18 +44,18 @@ public void testUriValidator() throws ParseException {
 			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/\\//b").toString());
 			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("://////").toString());
 			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("..").toString());
+
+			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c"));
+			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c?d/e"));
+			assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c?d/e#f/g"));
 		}
 
+		// both windows and not
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue(p.toString()));
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue(p.toUri().toString()));
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue(p.toUri().toString() + "?d/e"));
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue(p.toUri().toString() + "?d/e#f/g"));
 
-		// both windows and not
-		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c"));
-		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c?d/e"));
-		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("/a/b/c?d/e#f/g"));
-
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("file:///a/b/c"));
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("file:///a/b/c?d/e"));
 		assertNotNull(urival.stringToValue("file:///a/b/c?d/e#f/g"));