diff --git a/cmd/khepri/cmd_restore.go b/cmd/khepri/cmd_restore.go
index ff647776b..0f90ab470 100644
--- a/cmd/khepri/cmd_restore.go
+++ b/cmd/khepri/cmd_restore.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ func restore_dir(repo *khepri.Repository, id khepri.ID, target string) error {
 
 		nodepath := path.Join(target, name)
 		if node.Mode.IsDir() {
-			err = os.MkdirAll(nodepath, 0700)
+			err = os.Mkdir(nodepath, 0700)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ func restore_dir(repo *khepri.Repository, id khepri.ID, target string) error {
 				return err
 			}
 
+			err = restore_dir(repo, node.Content, nodepath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
 			err = os.Chtimes(nodepath, node.AccessTime, node.ModTime)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			err = restore_dir(repo, node.Content, nodepath)
-
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 		} else {
 			err = restore_file(repo, node, nodepath)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/run.sh b/test/run.sh
index 77ca7d75b..e4d197b4d 100755
--- a/test/run.sh
+++ b/test/run.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 set -e
 
 export khepri="${1:-khepri}"; shift
+export dirdiff="${1:-dirdiff}"; shift
 export dir=$(dirname "$0")
 export fake_data_file="${dir}/fake-data.tar.gz"
 
-k() {
-    "${khepri}" "$@"
-}
-
 prepare() {
     export BASE="$(mktemp --tmpdir --directory khepri-testsuite-XXXXXX)"
     export KHEPRI_REPOSITORY="${BASE}/khepri-backup"
@@ -33,6 +30,14 @@ cleanup() {
     unset KHEPRI_REPOSITORY
 }
 
+khepri() {
+    "${khepri}" "$@"
+}
+
+dirdiff() {
+    "${dirdiff}" "$@"
+}
+
 msg() {
     printf "%s: %s\n" "$(basename "$0" .sh)" "$*"
 }
@@ -64,7 +69,7 @@ run() {
     fi
 }
 
-export -f k prepare cleanup msg debug pass err fail run
+export -f khepri dirdiff prepare cleanup msg debug pass err fail run
 
 if [ ! -x "$khepri" ]; then
     fail khepri binary not found!
@@ -81,10 +86,5 @@ echo "testfiles: $testfiles"
 for testfile in "$testfiles"; do
     current=$(basename "${testfile}" .sh)
 
-    bash "${testfile}"
-    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
-        err "${current} failed!"
-    else
-        pass "${current} pass"
-    fi
+    bash "${testfile}" && pass "${current} pass" || err "${current} failed!"
 done
diff --git a/test/test-backup.sh b/test/test-backup.sh
index 72d4a29b4..510f5764e 100755
--- a/test/test-backup.sh
+++ b/test/test-backup.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+set -e
+
 prepare
-run k backup "${BASE}/fake-data"
-run k restore "$(k list ref)" "${BASE}/fake-data-restore"
-diff -aur "${BASE}/fake-data" "${BASE}/fake-data-restore"
+run khepri backup "${BASE}/fake-data"
+run khepri restore "$(khepri list ref)" "${BASE}/fake-data-restore"
+dirdiff "${BASE}/fake-data" "${BASE}/fake-data-restore"
 cleanup