diff --git a/tests/media/media.sh b/tests/media/media.sh
index a0c822e0..f460b430 100755
--- a/tests/media/media.sh
+++ b/tests/media/media.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ topdir=`dirname $0`/..
 
 initvariables $0
 
-recollq author:clash 2> $mystderr | 
-	egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
-recollq title:lux title:aeterna 2> $mystderr |
-        egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' >> $mystdout
-recollq live at leeds the who 2> $mystderr |
-        egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' >> $mystdout
+(
+
+    recollq author:clash 
+    recollq title:lux title:aeterna
+    recollq live at leeds the who
+
+)  2> $mystderr | egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
 
 diff -w ${myname}.txt $mystdout > $mydiffs 2>&1