diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index a5fdc80a6..4254a21c6 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -166,5 +166,6 @@ add_custom_target(
         COMMAND
           ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E env # add package to python path so no need to install
           "PYTHONPATH=${GTSAM_PYTHON_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/$ENV{PYTHONPATH}"
-          ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m unittest discover -s "${GTSAM_PYTHON_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/gtsam/tests"
-          DEPENDS ${GTSAM_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES})
+          ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -m unittest discover -v -s .
+          DEPENDS ${GTSAM_PYTHON_DEPENDENCIES}
+          WORKING_DIRECTORY "${GTSAM_PYTHON_BUILD_DIRECTORY}/gtsam/tests")
diff --git a/python/gtsam/tests/test_basis.py b/python/gtsam/tests/test_basis.py
index 8d4039249..3af0a87f1 100644
--- a/python/gtsam/tests/test_basis.py
+++ b/python/gtsam/tests/test_basis.py
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from gtsam.symbol_shorthand import B
 
 
 class TestBasis(GtsamTestCase):
-    """Tests Basis module python bindings
+    """
+    Tests Basis module python bindings.
     """
     def test_fit_basis(self):
-        """Tests FitBasis python binding for FourierBasis, Chebyshev1Basis, Chebyshev2Basis, and
+        """
+        Tests FitBasis python binding for FourierBasis, Chebyshev1Basis, Chebyshev2Basis, and
         Chebyshev2.
         It tests FitBasis by fitting to a ground-truth function that can be represented exactly in
         the basis, then checking that the regression (fit result) matches the function.  For the