diff --git a/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
index 2f43d991f7..e704de7a9c 100644
--- a/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
+++ b/src/backend/tests/unmocked/users.test.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ describe('User Tests', () => {
 
   describe('Get Users Tasks', () => {
     it('fails on invalid user id', async () => {
-      expect(await UsersService.getUserTasks('1', organization)).rejects.toThrow(new NotFoundException('User', '1'));
+      expect(async () => await UsersService.getUserTasks('1', organization)).rejects.toThrow(
+        new NotFoundException('User', '1')
+      );
     });
 
     it("Succeeds and gets user's assigned tasks", async () => {