diff --git a/bunsen/test b/bunsen/test
index ed4a34a7..558ce0d4 100755
--- a/bunsen/test
+++ b/bunsen/test
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 export DONT_CHANGE_SHELL
 export DONT_START_TOR
 
-echo "APT::Acquire::Retries=16" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99_retries
+echo "APT::Acquire::Retries=16;" >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99_retries
 
 apt-get update
 apt-get install sudo