diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fdcaba5..57b00187 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         "pretest": "npm run lint",
         "test": "npm run tests-only",
         "posttest": "aud --production",
-        "tests-only": "nyc tap test/*.js",
+        "tests-only": "nyc tap 'test/*.js'",
         "test:example": "find example -name '*.js' | grep -v fail | grep -v static | xargs tap"
     },
     "testling": {
diff --git a/test/no_only.js b/test/no_only.js
index 693ab110..d0f126ba 100644
--- a/test/no_only.js
+++ b/test/no_only.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var exec = require('child_process').exec;
 
 var stripFullStack = require('./common').stripFullStack;
 
-var tapeBin = path.join(__dirname, '../bin/tape');
+var tapeBin = 'node ' + path.join(__dirname, '../bin/tape');
 
 var expectedExitCodeFailure = (/^0\.10\.\d+$/).test(process.versions.node);
 var expectedStackTraceBug = (/^3\.[012]\.\d+$/).test(process.versions.node); // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/2581