diff --git a/test/test_content/cwd.control b/test/test_content/cwd.control
index c0a741d2..e1ed6693 100644
--- a/test/test_content/cwd.control
+++ b/test/test_content/cwd.control
@@ -1 +1 @@
-["subdir/chordpro.csg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/cwd_list.control b/test/test_content/cwd_list.control
index 465f29df..3c9377a4 100644
--- a/test/test_content/cwd_list.control
+++ b/test/test_content/cwd_list.control
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-["subdir/chordpro.csg", "exsong.sg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
+- exsong.sg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/glob.control b/test/test_content/glob.control
index a30583cc..177bc945 100644
--- a/test/test_content/glob.control
+++ b/test/test_content/glob.control
@@ -1 +1 @@
-["chordpro.csg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- chordpro.csg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/glob.source b/test/test_content/glob.source
index 167ab6ab..175382a6 100644
--- a/test/test_content/glob.source
+++ b/test/test_content/glob.source
@@ -1 +1 @@
-["*.csg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- "*.csg"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/include.control b/test/test_content/include.control
index 2ee7f993..2b4bbab4 100644
--- a/test/test_content/include.control
+++ b/test/test_content/include.control
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-["exsong.sg", "chordpro.csg", "subdir/chordpro.csg", "exsong.sg", "chordpro.csg", "subdir/chordpro.csg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- exsong.sg
+- chordpro.csg
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
+- exsong.sg
+- chordpro.csg
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/songs.control b/test/test_content/songs.control
index e85dfea7..6ad0622a 100644
--- a/test/test_content/songs.control
+++ b/test/test_content/songs.control
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-["exsong.sg", "texsong.tsg", "chordpro.csg", "subdir/chordpro.csg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- exsong.sg
+- texsong.tsg
+- chordpro.csg
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/songsection.control b/test/test_content/songsection.control
index 69dd034b..25df7ac3 100644
--- a/test/test_content/songsection.control
+++ b/test/test_content/songsection.control
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-["songsection:Traditional", "exsong.sg", "songchapter:English", "texsong.tsg", "chordpro.csg", "exsong.sg"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- songsection:Traditional
+- exsong.sg
+- songchapter:English
+- texsong.tsg
+- chordpro.csg
+- exsong.sg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/sorted.control b/test/test_content/sorted.control
index ba02acf4..5bbdd48d 100644
--- a/test/test_content/sorted.control
+++ b/test/test_content/sorted.control
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-[
-"texsong.tsg", "chordpro.csg", "subdir/chordpro.csg", "exsong.sg",
-"exsong.sg", "texsong.tsg", "chordpro.csg", "subdir/chordpro.csg"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+- texsong.tsg
+- chordpro.csg
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
+- exsong.sg
+
+- exsong.sg
+- texsong.tsg
+- chordpro.csg
+- subdir/chordpro.csg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/test_content/tex.control b/test/test_content/tex.control
index 3aca29e0..0c187461 100644
--- a/test/test_content/tex.control
+++ b/test/test_content/tex.control
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-["test/test_content/datadir/songs/texfile.tex", "test/test_content/datadir/songs/texfile.tex"]
\ No newline at end of file
+- test/test_content/datadir/songs/texfile.tex
+- test/test_content/datadir/songs/texfile.tex
\ No newline at end of file