diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/reports.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/reports.spec.js
index ed459df17..4b0aa7ba4 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/reports.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/reports.spec.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('report', () => {
     // because of the template `${returnedObject}` the 'gql' tag from 'jest/helpers' is not working here
     reportMutation = `
       mutation($resourceId: ID!, $reasonCategory: String!, $reasonDescription: String!) {
-        report( resourceId: $resourceId, reasonCategory: $reasonCategory, reasonDescription: $reasonDescription) ${returnedObject}
+        report(resourceId: $resourceId, reasonCategory: $reasonCategory, reasonDescription: $reasonDescription) ${returnedObject}
       }
     `
     client = new GraphQLClient(host, {
diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/report.js b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
index 7688b51c3..907c3d5eb 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/report.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Given('somebody reported the following posts:', table => {
     cy.factory()
       .create('User', submitter)
       .authenticateAs(submitter)
-      .mutate(`mutation(resourceId: ID!, reasonCategory: String!, reasonDescription: String!) {
+      .mutate(`mutation($resourceId: ID!, $reasonCategory: String!, $reasonDescription: String!) {
         report(resourceId: $resourceId, reasonCategory: $reasonCategory, reasonDescription: $reasonDescription) {
           id
         }