diff --git a/bids-validator/tests/bids.spec.js b/bids-validator/tests/bids.spec.js
index 22c700206..a886224c0 100644
--- a/bids-validator/tests/bids.spec.js
+++ b/bids-validator/tests/bids.spec.js
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
             } else {
               assert.deepEqual(session_flag, true)
             }
-            isdone()
           },
         )
+        isdone()
       })
     })
   })
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           warnings.findIndex((warning) => warning.code === 13) > -1,
           'warnings do not contain a code 13',
         )
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   // we need to have at least one non-dynamic test
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           participantId: '01',
           sex: 'M',
         })
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   // test for duplicate files present with both .nii and .nii.gz extension
@@ -159,16 +159,16 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       enableNiftiHeaders,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 74)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('includes issue 53 NO_T1W for dataset without T1w files', function (isdone) {
     validate.BIDS(createDatasetFileList('no_t1w'), options, function (issues) {
       assertErrorCode(issues.ignored, 53)
-      isdone()
     })
+    isdone()
   })
 
   // test for illegal characters used in acq and task name
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       enableNiftiHeaders,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 58)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   // test for illegal characters used in sub name
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       enableNiftiHeaders,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 64)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('checks for subjects with no valid data', function (isdone) {
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 67)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('validates MRI modalities', function (isdone) {
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           warnings.findIndex((warning) => warning.code === 13) > -1,
           'warnings do not contain a code 13',
         )
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('blacklists modalities specified', function (isdone) {
@@ -252,10 +252,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           errors.findIndex((error) => error.code === 139) > -1,
           'errors do contain a code 139',
         )
-
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('checks for data dictionaries without corresponding data files', function (isdone) {
@@ -267,9 +266,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           issues.errors.findIndex((issue) => issue.code === 90),
           -1,
         )
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('checks for fieldmaps with no _magnitude file', function (isdone) {
@@ -281,9 +280,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           issues.errors.findIndex((issue) => issue.code === 91),
           -1,
         )
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should not throw a warning if all _phasediff.nii are associated with _magnitude1.nii', function (isdone) {
@@ -292,9 +291,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assert.deepEqual(issues.errors, [])
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should throw a warning if there are _phasediff.nii without an associated _magnitude1.nii', function (isdone) {
@@ -303,9 +302,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assert.notEqual(issues.warnings.findIndex((issue) => issue.code === 92))
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should not throw an error if it encounters no non-utf-8 files', function (isdone) {
@@ -317,9 +316,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
           issues.errors.findIndex((issue) => issue.code === 123),
           -1,
         )
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should validate pet data', function (isdone) {
@@ -328,9 +327,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 55)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should validate pet blood data', function (isdone) {
@@ -339,9 +338,9 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 55)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 
   it('should catch missing tsv columns', function (isdone) {
@@ -350,8 +349,8 @@ describe('BIDS example datasets ', function () {
       options,
       function (issues) {
         assertErrorCode(issues.errors, 211)
-        isdone()
       },
     )
+    isdone()
   })
 })