diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutQueryTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutQueryTests.cc
index 08d2587c5..ae09ecb57 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutQueryTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbLayoutQueryTests.cc
@@ -1592,6 +1592,6 @@ TEST(65)
     s = q2s_var (iq, "cell_name");
     EXPECT_EQ (s, "c1,c5x");
     s = q2s_var (iq, "inst_elements");
-    EXPECT_EQ (s, "(cell_index=0 r0 *1 10,-20),(cell_index=4 r0 *1 10,-20)");
+    EXPECT_EQ (s, "cell_index=0 r0 *1 10,-20,cell_index=4 r0 *1 10,-20");
   }
 }
diff --git a/testdata/algo/dss_bug_au.gds b/testdata/algo/dss_bug_au.gds
index 528f82c7c..c8a1f3215 100644
Binary files a/testdata/algo/dss_bug_au.gds and b/testdata/algo/dss_bug_au.gds differ