diff --git a/spec/integration/rest_batch_spec.rb b/spec/integration/rest_batch_spec.rb
index 907a3bd..bc61a7d 100644
--- a/spec/integration/rest_batch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/rest_batch_spec.rb
@@ -465,14 +465,18 @@
                         { :other => "what" }
                       ]
 
+
       # this does raise error
       expect { 
           @neo.execute_query("start person_n=node:person(ssn = '000-00-0001')
                               set bar = {foo}",
                         { :other => "what" })
       }.to raise_exception Neography::SyntaxException
-                                
-      batch_result = @neo.batch *batch_commands
+                      
+      expect { 
+        batch_result = @neo.batch *batch_commands
+      }.to raise_exception Neography::SyntaxException          
+      
     end    
   end