diff --git a/features/format.feature b/features/format.feature
index 22bb0bc7..350ae064 100644
--- a/features/format.feature
+++ b/features/format.feature
@@ -403,11 +403,9 @@ Feature: Custom formats
         When we run "jrnl --export yaml -o {cache_dir}" with cache directory "exported_journal"
         Then cache directory "exported_journal" should contain the files
         """
-        [
-        "2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md",
-        "2020-08-31_a-second-entry-in-what-i-hope-to-be-a-long-series.md",
-        "2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md"
-        ]
+        2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md
+        2020-08-31_a-second-entry-in-what-i-hope-to-be-a-long-series.md
+        2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md
         """
         And the content of file "2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md" in cache directory "exported_journal" should be
         """
@@ -452,11 +450,9 @@ Feature: Custom formats
         When we run "jrnl --export yaml -o {cache_dir}" with cache directory "bug768"
         Then cache directory "bug768" should contain the files
         """
-        [
-        "2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md",
-        "2020-08-31_a-second-entry-in-what-i-hope-to-be-a-long-series.md",
-        "2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md"
-        ]
+        2020-08-29_entry-the-first.md
+        2020-08-31_a-second-entry-in-what-i-hope-to-be-a-long-series.md
+        2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md
         """
         And the content of file "2020-09-24_the-third-entry-finally-after-weeks-without-writing.md" in cache directory "bug768" should be
         """
diff --git a/features/steps/export_steps.py b/features/steps/export_steps.py
index d75aea64..cc713127 100644
--- a/features/steps/export_steps.py
+++ b/features/steps/export_steps.py
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ def create_directory(context, dir_name):
 @then(
     'cache directory "{dir_name}" should contain the files {expected_files_json_list}'
 )
-def assert_dir_contains_files(context, dir_name, expected_files_json_list="[]"):
+def assert_dir_contains_files(context, dir_name, expected_files_json_list=""):
     working_dir = os.path.join("features", "cache", dir_name)
     actual_files = os.listdir(working_dir)
 
     expected_files = context.text or expected_files_json_list
-    expected_files = json.loads(expected_files)
+    expected_files = expected_files.split("\n")
 
     # sort to deal with inconsistent default file ordering on different OS's
     actual_files.sort()