diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test25.1 b/testsuite/expect/test25.1
index 338a279fb2ffc8d4bea231d8e5a7f0427ca03bdc..3501107c4b46a06b5785e69157977fad786cb348 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test25.1
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test25.1
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ proc def_node_cnt { } {
 	set node_cnt 1
 	spawn $sinfo -h -o "name=%20P node_cnt=%D"
 	expect {
-		-re "name=($alpha_numeric_under) *node_cnt=($number)" {
+		-re "name=($alpha_numeric_under)\\\* *node_cnt=($number)" {
 			set node_cnt $expect_out(2,string) 
+			send_user "hey node_cnt = $node_cnt\n"
+			
 			exp_continue
 		}
 		timeout {