diff --git a/docs/tutorials/tests/test_tutorial.py b/docs/tutorials/tests/test_tutorial.py
index b24e5612..4e5c4294 100644
--- a/docs/tutorials/tests/test_tutorial.py
+++ b/docs/tutorials/tests/test_tutorial.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import subprocess
 from mdextractor import extract_md_blocks
 
-
 print("Doing tutorial tests")
 lines = "".join(open("Tutorial.md").readlines())
 blocks = extract_md_blocks(lines)
@@ -11,6 +10,8 @@
 if n_blocks == 0:
     raise ValueError("Did not find any code blocks")
 for block in blocks:
+    # strip out extra typing
+    block = block.strip('bash')
     # DEBUG: TODO: REMOVE
     print(f"{block.split()=}")
     if block.split()[0].endswith(".py"):