diff --git a/cli/commands/protect/wizard.js b/cli/commands/protect/wizard.js
index 86e5f3f95f..030a46bea4 100644
--- a/cli/commands/protect/wizard.js
+++ b/cli/commands/protect/wizard.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ function processAnswers(answers, policy, options) {
     }
 
     var test = pkg.scripts.test;
-    var cmd = 'snyk test';
+    var cmd = 'snyk test --dev';
     if (test && test !== 'echo "Error: no test specified" && exit 1') {
       // only add the test if it's not already in the test
       if (test.indexOf(cmd) === -1) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/pkg-mean-io/package.json b/test/fixtures/pkg-mean-io/package.json
index 5f40c3ca25..5c28b274c1 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/pkg-mean-io/package.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/pkg-mean-io/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     "start": "node server",
     "mocha": "node tools/test/run-mocha.js",
     "karma": "node node_modules/karma/bin/karma start karma.conf.js",
-    "test": "snyk test && gulp test",
+    "test": "snyk test --dev && gulp test",
     "test-e2e": "gulp e2e.test",
     "postinstall": "node tools/scripts/postinstall.js",
     "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
@@ -99,4 +99,4 @@
     "through": "latest"
   },
   "snyk": true
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/wizard-process-answers.test.js b/test/wizard-process-answers.test.js
index 907a6779e8..70d53dbc19 100644
--- a/test/wizard-process-answers.test.js
+++ b/test/wizard-process-answers.test.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ test('wizard replaces npm\s default scripts.test', function (t) {
   }).then(function () {
     t.equal(writeSpy.callCount, 1, 'package was written to');
     var pkg = JSON.parse(writeSpy.args[0][1]);
-    t.equal(pkg.scripts.test, 'snyk test', 'default npm exit 1 was replaced');
+    t.equal(pkg.scripts.test, 'snyk test --dev', 'default npm exit 1 was replaced');
   }).catch(t.threw).then(function () {
     process.chdir(old);
     t.end();
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ test('wizard replaces prepends to scripts.test', function (t) {
   }).then(function () {
     t.equal(writeSpy.callCount, 1, 'package was written to');
     var pkg = JSON.parse(writeSpy.args[0][1]);
-    t.equal(pkg.scripts.test, 'snyk test && ' + prevPkg.scripts.test, 'prepended to test script');
+    t.equal(pkg.scripts.test, 'snyk test --dev && ' + prevPkg.scripts.test, 'prepended to test script');
   }).catch(t.threw).then(function () {
     process.chdir(old);
     t.end();
@@ -178,4 +178,4 @@ test('wizard detects existing snyk in scripts.test', function (t) {
     process.chdir(old);
     t.end();
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});