diff --git a/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/project08/BeavermapTests.java b/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/project08/BeavermapTests.java
index 081a62b15e8411de691b5921cd3f380c3e26b249..248ce562a4a24c1c207d625c6f1a124e8350bb15 100644
--- a/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/project08/BeavermapTests.java
+++ b/tests/edu/caltech/cs2/project08/BeavermapTests.java
@@ -328,10 +328,10 @@ public class BeavermapTests {
             List<Long> actualPathIDs = new ArrayList<>();
 
             if (expectedPathIDs.size() == 0) {
-                assertNull(actualPath, "Path does not exist from " + start.id + " to " + target.id + " but was found");
+                assertNull(actualPath, "Path does not exist from " + start.id + " to " + target.id + " but a path was found");
             }
             else {
-                assertNotNull(actualPath, "Path exists from " + start.id + " to " + target.id + " but was not found");
+                assertNotNull(actualPath, "Path exists from " + start.id + " to " + target.id + " but a path was not found");
                 for (Location l : actualPath) {
                     actualPathIDs.add(l.id);
                 }