diff --git a/tests/test_tiingo.py b/tests/test_tiingo.py
index 6a6f5cc..4d56b5f 100644
--- a/tests/test_tiingo.py
+++ b/tests/test_tiingo.py
@@ -115,10 +115,12 @@ class TestTickerPrices(TestCase):
     @vcr.use_cassette('tests/fixtures/ticker_price_with_multiple_columns.yaml')
     def test_ticker_price_with_multiple_columns(self):
         """Confirm that requesting specific columns works"""
+        requested_columns = "open,high,low,close,volume"
         prices = self._client.get_ticker_price("GOOGL",
-                                               columns="open,high,low,close,volume",
+                                               columns=requested_columns,
                                                fmt='json')
         assert len(prices) == 1
+        assert len(prices[0]) == len(requested_columns.split(',')) + 1
         assert prices[0].get('date')
         assert prices[0].get('high')
         assert prices[0].get('low')
diff --git a/tests/test_tiingo_pandas.py b/tests/test_tiingo_pandas.py
index 8c24ce7..7e69d73 100644
--- a/tests/test_tiingo_pandas.py
+++ b/tests/test_tiingo_pandas.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class TestTiingoWithPython(TestCase):
                                                columns=requested_columns,
                                                fmt='json')
         assert len(prices) == 1
-        assert len(prices.columns) == len(requested_columns.split(",")) + 1
+        assert len(prices.columns) == len(requested_columns.split(','))
 
     def test_metric_name_column_error(self):
         with self.assertRaises(APIColumnNameError):