diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
index 22ee107b1..085845eb4 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/subscriptions.test.ts
@@ -350,17 +350,9 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
   })
 
   describe('Subscribe API', () => {
-    const query = (
-      name: string | null,
-      url: string | null,
-      subscriptionType: SubscriptionType | null
-    ) => `
-      mutation {
-        subscribe(input: {
-          name: ${name ? `"${name}"` : null} 
-          url: ${url ? `"${url}"` : null}
-          subscriptionType: ${subscriptionType}
-        }) {
+    const query = `
+      mutation Subscribe($input: SubscribeInput!){
+        subscribe(input: $input) {
           ... on SubscribeSuccess {
             subscriptions {
               id
@@ -410,8 +402,9 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
 
         it('returns an error', async () => {
           const res = await graphqlRequest(
-            query(null, url, subscriptionType),
-            authToken
+            query,
+            authToken,
+            { input: { url, subscriptionType } },
           ).expect(200)
           expect(res.body.data.subscribe.errorCodes).to.eql([
             'ALREADY_SUBSCRIBED',
@@ -421,8 +414,9 @@ describe('Subscriptions API', () => {
 
       it('creates a rss subscription', async () => {
         const res = await graphqlRequest(
-          query(null, url, subscriptionType),
-          authToken
+          query,
+          authToken,
+          { input: { url, subscriptionType } },
         ).expect(200)
         expect(res.body.data.subscribe.subscriptions).to.have.lengthOf(1)
         expect(res.body.data.subscribe.subscriptions[0].id).to.be.a('string')
diff --git a/packages/api/test/util.ts b/packages/api/test/util.ts
index 02bac0f99..8268c1503 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/util.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/util.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ export const stopApolloServer = async () => {
 
 export const graphqlRequest = (
   query: string,
-  authToken?: string
+  authToken: string,
+  variables?: Record<string, unknown>,
 ): supertest.Test => {
   return request
     .post(apollo.graphqlPath)
-    .send({
-      query,
-    })
+    .send({ query, variables })
     .set('Accept', 'application/json')
-    .set('authorization', authToken || '')
+    .set('authorization', authToken)
     .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
 }