diff --git a/singularity/build/utils.py b/singularity/build/utils.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/singularity/build/utils.py
+++ b/singularity/build/utils.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_container(image_path):
     work in most linux.
     :param image_path: path to the container image
     '''
-    testing_command = ["singularity", "exec", image, 'echo pancakemania']
+    testing_command = ["singularity", "exec", image_path, 'echo pancakemania']
     output = Popen(testing_command,stderr=STDOUT,stdout=PIPE)
     t = output.communicate()[0],output.returncode
     result = {'message':t[0],
diff --git a/singularity/version.py b/singularity/version.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/singularity/version.py
+++ b/singularity/version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.95"
+__version__ = "0.96"
 AUTHOR = 'Vanessa Sochat'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'vsochat@stanford.edu'
 NAME = 'singularity'
modified:   singularity/build/utils.py
	modified:   singularity/version.py