diff --git a/tests/test_toc.py b/tests/test_toc.py
index f881c2007..bb294543e 100644
--- a/tests/test_toc.py
+++ b/tests/test_toc.py
@@ -34,16 +34,17 @@ def test_full_toc():
     expected = pathlib.Path(expected_path).read_bytes()
     # Github windows x32 seems to insert \r characters; maybe something to
     # do with the Python installation's line endings settings.
+    expected = expected.decode("utf8")
     expected = expected.replace('\r', '')
+    print(f'expected is:\n{expected!r}')
     toc = "\n".join([str(t) for t in doc.get_toc(False)])
     toc += "\n"
-    #print(f'toc is:\n{toc!r}')
+    print(f'toc is:\n{toc!r}')
     #expected2 = expected.decode("utf8")
-    #print(f'expected2 is:\n{expected2!r}')
     #
     #print(f'toc encoded is:\n{toc.encode("utf8")!r}')
     #print(f'expected is:\n{expected!r}')
-    assert toc == expected.decode("utf8")
+    assert toc == expected
 
 
 def test_erase_toc():