diff --git a/src/api/tests/test_available.py b/src/api/tests/test_available.py
index 524fd689a..a80290985 100644
--- a/src/api/tests/test_available.py
+++ b/src/api/tests/test_available.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class AvailableViewTest(MockEppLib):
         self.assertFalse(json.loads(response.content)["available"])
         # domain set to raise error returns false for availability
         error_domain_available = available(request, "errordomain.gov")
-        self.assertFalse(json.loads(error_domain_available.content)["available"])
+        self.assertRaises(json.loads(error_domain_available.content)["available"])
 
 
 class AvailableAPITest(MockEppLib):