diff --git a/src/tests.rs b/src/tests.rs
index 3cda72d..0ff423c 100644
--- a/src/tests.rs
+++ b/src/tests.rs
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ mod tests {
     
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
-    // Helper function to run the keep command with given arguments
-    fn run_keep(args: &[&str]) -> std::process::Output {
-        let output = Command::new("cargo")
-            .args(["run", "--",])
-            .args(args)
+    // Helper function to run a command in sh -c
+    fn run_sh(cmd: &str) -> std::process::Output {
+        let output = Command::new("sh")
+            .arg("-c")
+            .arg(cmd)
             .output()
             .expect("Failed to execute command");
         output
@@ -56,14 +56,8 @@ mod tests {
             // Save an item with some content
             let input = "test content";
             // Create a command that pipes input to keep with the specified environment
-            let mut cmd = Command::new("sh");
-            cmd.arg("-c")
-               .arg(format!("echo {} | {}", input, env));
-            
-            cmd.spawn()
-               .expect("Failed to spawn process")
-               .wait()
-               .expect("Failed to wait for child process");
+            let cmd = format!("echo {} | {}", input, env);
+            run_sh(cmd.as_str()).expect("Failed to execute command");
             
             // Verify the item was saved
             let output = Command::new("sh")
@@ -232,15 +226,8 @@ mod tests {
             // Save an item with some content and tags
             let input = "test content";
             // Create a command that pipes input to keep with the specified environment and tags
-            let mut cmd = Command::new("sh");
-            cmd.arg("-c")
-               .arg(format!("echo {} | {}", input, env))
-               .arg("cargo run -- --save tag1 tag2");
-            
-            cmd.spawn()
-               .expect("Failed to spawn process")
-               .wait()
-               .expect("Failed to wait for child process");
+            let cmd = format!("echo {} | {}", input, env);
+            run_sh(cmd.as_str()).expect("Failed to execute command");
             
             // List items with a specific tag
             let output = Command::new("sh")
@@ -263,15 +250,8 @@ mod tests {
             // Save an item with some content and compression
             let input = "test content";
             // Create a command that pipes input to keep with the specified environment and compression
-            let mut cmd = Command::new("sh");
-            cmd.arg("-c")
-               .arg(format!("echo {} | {}", input, env))
-               .arg("cargo run -- --save --compression gzip");
-            
-            cmd.spawn()
-               .expect("Failed to spawn process")
-               .wait()
-               .expect("Failed to wait for child process");
+            let cmd = format!("echo {} | {}", input, env);
+            run_sh(cmd.as_str()).expect("Failed to execute command");
             
             // Get the item ID
             let list_output = Command::new("sh")