diff --git a/src/api/tests/test_available.py b/src/api/tests/test_available.py
index 412dae64b..2bd6c70a6 100644
--- a/src/api/tests/test_available.py
+++ b/src/api/tests/test_available.py
@@ -100,19 +100,23 @@ class AvailableViewTest(MockEppLib):
         response = available(request, domain="igorville")
         self.assertTrue(json.loads(response.content)["available"])
 
-    def test_error_handling(self):
-        """Calling with bad strings returns error (error verifying) or unavailable (invalid domain)."""
+    def test_bad_string_handling(self):
+        """Calling with bad strings returns unavailable."""
         bad_string = "blah!;"
         request = self.factory.get(API_BASE_PATH + bad_string)
         request.user = self.user
         response = available(request, domain=bad_string)
         self.assertFalse(json.loads(response.content)["available"])
+
+    def test_error_handling(self):
+        """Error thrown while calling availabilityAPI returns error."""
+        request = self.factory.get(API_BASE_PATH + "errordomain.gov")
+        request.user = self.user
         # domain set to raise error returns false for availability and error message
         error_domain_response = available(request, domain="errordomain.gov")
         self.assertFalse(json.loads(error_domain_response.content)["available"])
         self.assertIn("Error finding domain availability", json.loads(error_domain_response.content)["message"])
 
-
 class AvailableAPITest(MockEppLib):
 
     """Test that the API can be called as expected."""