diff --git a/test/babashka/process_test.cljc b/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
index 1e9e2b5..2d94649 100644
--- a/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
+++ b/test/babashka/process_test.cljc
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
                           "  }"
                           "}"]))
     (p/shell {:dir test-dir} "javac" "UserDir.java") ;; typically under 0.5s to compile
+    (p/shell {:dir test-dir} "java -version") ;; does this work?
     (testing "program is absolute"
       (is (= (u/ols (str subdir-absolute "\n"))
              (-> (apply process {:dir subdir}