diff --git a/tests/test_project.py b/tests/test_project.py
index e1eca14e..c1c07df8 100644
--- a/tests/test_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_project.py
@@ -13,19 +13,24 @@ def test_project_folder(cookies):
 
 
 def run(command: str, dirpath: os.PathLike) -> subprocess.CompletedProcess:
+    use_shell = True if os.name == 'nt' else False    
     return subprocess.run(shlex.split(command),
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                           stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                           cwd=dirpath,
-                          text=True)
+                          universal_newlines=True,
+                          shell=use_shell)
 
 
 def test_pytest(cookies):
     result = cookies.bake()
+    print(result.project)
     env_output = run('python3 -m venv env', result.project)
     assert env_output.returncode == 0
+    
     latest_pip_output = run('env/bin/pip3 install --upgrade pip setuptools', result.project)
     assert latest_pip_output.returncode == 0
+    
     pip_output = run('env/bin/pip3 install --editable .[dev]', result.project)
     assert pip_output.returncode == 0