diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3a391a9..f69ebf6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ before_script:
   - cd ..
 script:
   - nimble install -y
-  - nimble tests
+  - nimble test
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 5fb3032..5e5e69c 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ build_script:
   - cd C:\projects\nim-eth-p2p
   - nimble install -y
 test_script:
-  - nimble tests
+  - nimble test
 
 deploy: off
diff --git a/ethp2p.nimble b/ethp2p.nimble
index dac11b1..1188647 100644
--- a/ethp2p.nimble
+++ b/ethp2p.nimble
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ skipDirs      = @["tests", "Nim"]
 
 requires "nim > 0.18.0", "https://github.com/status-im/nim-rlp >= 1.0.1", "https://github.com/cheatfate/nimcrypto >= 0.1.0", "https://github.com/status-im/nim-secp256k1 >= 0.1.0"
 
-task tests, "Runs the test suite":
-  exec "nim c -r tests/testecc"
-  exec "nim c -r tests/testecies"
-  exec "nim c -r tests/testauth"
+proc runTest(name: string, lang = "c") = exec "nim " & lang & " -r tests/" & name
+
+task test, "Runs the test suite":
+  runTest "testecc"
+  runTest "testecies"
+  runTest "testauth"