diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 9775a486..417d0eef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         # retries are added due to test failures with dependencies
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
+          bash -c '
           retries=0
           until [ $retries -ge 5 ]
           do
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ jobs:
               ((retries=retries+1))
             fi
           done
-        
+          '
 #      - name: Stop local test server
 #        run: docker-compose -p xmtp-ios -f dev/local/docker-compose.yml down
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