diff --git a/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix b/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
index fbe9cdf84d05..5e2b648c7cf5 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/signal-desktop.nix
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ in {
     )
     # Only SQLCipher should be able to read the encrypted DB:
     machine.fail(
-        "su - alice -c 'sqlite3 ~/.config/Signal/sql/db.sqlite .databases'"
+        "su - alice -c 'sqlite3 ~/.config/Signal/sql/db.sqlite .tables'"
     )
     print(machine.succeed(
         "su - alice -c 'sqlcipher ~/.config/Signal/sql/db.sqlite'"