diff --git a/tests/modules/services/espanso/basic-configuration.nix b/tests/modules/services/espanso/basic-configuration.nix
index 6d04c53d2..51a1fee99 100644
--- a/tests/modules/services/espanso/basic-configuration.nix
+++ b/tests/modules/services/espanso/basic-configuration.nix
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@
 
   nmt.script = ''
     serviceFile=home-files/.config/systemd/user/espanso.service
+    expectedServiceFile=${./basic-configuration.service}
     assertFileExists "$serviceFile"
-    assertFileContent "$serviceFile" ${./basic-configuration.service}
+    assertFileRegex "$serviceFile" 'ExecStart=.*/bin/espanso launcher'
+    if [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
+      grep -v "/bin/espanso launcher" "$(_abs $serviceFile)" > espanso-service.actual
+      grep -v "/bin/espanso launcher" "$expectedServiceFile" > espanso-service.expected
+      assertFileContent "$(realpath espanso-service.actual)" espanso-service.expected
+    else
+      assertFileContent "$serviceFile" "$expectedServiceFile"
+    fi
 
     configFile=home-files/.config/espanso/config/default.yml
     assertFileExists "$configFile"