diff --git a/examples/unittest/compile_test.py b/examples/unittest/compile_test.py
index b4d2ddee64040941c9c9e2b8246a2664de239493..37cb2c688ac8f1478780f87e461d1b2276c4cdca 100644
--- a/examples/unittest/compile_test.py
+++ b/examples/unittest/compile_test.py
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import logging
 
 def main():
     command = 'arduino-cli monitor -p /dev/ttyUSB0'
-    process = subprocess.run(command.split, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    process = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    log.error(process.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
     if process.returncode:
         log.error(process.stdout.decode('utf-8'))
         sys.exit(process.returncode)