diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5686982d5d..9e9495390e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "pretest": "run-s pretest:*",
     "pretest:1-init-git-submodules": "[ -f './nim-waku/build/wakunode2' ] || git submodule update --init --recursive",
     "pretest:2-build-nim-waku": "[ -f './nim-waku/build/wakunode2' ] || run-s nim-waku:build",
-    "examples:pretest": "for d in examples/*; do (cd $d; npm install); done",
+    "examples:pretest": "for d in examples/*/; do (cd $d && npm install); done",
     "nim-waku:build": "(cd nim-waku; NIMFLAGS=\"-d:chronicles_colors=off -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE\" make -j$(nproc --all 2>/dev/null || echo 2) wakunode2)",
     "nim-waku:force-build": "(cd nim-waku && rm -rf ./build/ ./vendor && make -j$(nproc --all 2>/dev/null || echo 2) update) && run-s nim-waku:build",
     "test": "run-s build test:*",
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "test:spelling": "cspell \"{README.md,.github/*.md,guides/*.md,src/**/*.ts}\"",
     "test:unit": "nyc --silent mocha",
     "test:karma": "karma start",
-    "examples:test": "run-s examples:pretest; for d in examples/*; do (cd $d; npm test;); done",
+    "examples:test": "run-s examples:pretest; for d in examples/*/; do (cd $d && npm test;); done",
     "proto": "run-s proto:*",
     "proto:lint": "buf lint",
     "proto:build": "buf generate",