diff --git a/tests/playTests.sh b/tests/playTests.sh
index f50bc9030..d22f617e4 100755
--- a/tests/playTests.sh
+++ b/tests/playTests.sh
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ TESTFILE=../programs/zstdcli.c
 $ZSTD --train *.c ../programs/*.c -o tmpDict
 cp $TESTFILE tmp
 $ECHO "- Test dictionary compression with tmpDict as an input file and dictionary"
-$ZSTD -f tmpDict -D tmpDict&& die "compression error not detected!"
+$ZSTD -f tmpDict -D tmpDict && die "compression error not detected!"
 $ECHO "- Dictionary compression roundtrip"
 $ZSTD -f tmp -D tmpDict
 $ZSTD -d tmp.zst -D tmpDict -fo result