diff --git a/command.test b/command.test
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..bcc0e9e7d
Binary files /dev/null and b/command.test differ
diff --git a/command/pr_test.go b/command/pr_test.go
index 15ba29e50..078ec2e2d 100644
--- a/command/pr_test.go
+++ b/command/pr_test.go
@@ -5,21 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/github/gh-cli/api"
 )
 
 func TestPRList(t *testing.T) {
-	teardown := mockGraphQL("pr.json")
+	teardown := mockGraphQLResponse("fixtures/pr.json")
 	defer teardown()
 
-	output := captureOutput(func() {
-		err := ExecutePr()
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("got error %v", err)
-		}
-	})
+	output, err := runCommand("pr list")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error running command `pr list`: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	expectedPrs := []*regexp.Regexp{
 		regexp.MustCompile(`#8.*\[strawberries\]`),
@@ -35,9 +34,9 @@ func TestPRList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func mockGraphQL(fixtureName string) (teardown func()) {
+func mockGraphQLResponse(fixturePath string) (teardown func()) {
 	api.OverriddenQueryFunction = func(query string, variables map[string]string, v interface{}) error {
-		contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile("fixtures/" + fixtureName)
+		contents, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fixturePath)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -54,6 +53,18 @@ func mockGraphQL(fixtureName string) (teardown func()) {
 	}
 }
 
+func runCommand(s string) (string, error) {
+	var err error
+	output := captureOutput(func() {
+		RootCmd.SetArgs(strings.Split(s, " "))
+		_, err = RootCmd.ExecuteC()
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return output, nil
+}
+
 func captureOutput(f func()) string {
 	originalStdout := os.Stdout
 	defer func() {