diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/LFParsingTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/LFParsingTest.java
index 0029bc970d..a170895db3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/LFParsingTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/lflang/tests/LFParsingTest.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ public void testLexingEmptyTargetProperties() throws Exception {
 
   @Test
   public void testParsingTargetPropertyAsString() throws Exception {
-    assertNoParsingErrorsIn("target C { \"a c time reactor\": 2 };");
-    assertNoParsingErrorsIn("target C { \"reactor\": 2 };");
-    expectParsingErrorIn("target C { reactor: 2 };");
+    assertNoParsingErrorsIn("target C { \"a c time reactor\": 2 }; reactor Foo{}");
+    assertNoParsingErrorsIn("target C { \"reactor\": 2 }; reactor Foo{}");
+    expectParsingErrorIn("target C { reactor: 2 }; reactor Foo{}");
 
     // array elements
     // assertNoParsingErrorsIn("target C {x:[ ]};  \nreactor Foo {}");