diff --git a/tests/test_utils_tqdm_mod.py b/tests/test_utils_tqdm_mod.py
index 1370113fd..30a6beaac 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils_tqdm_mod.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils_tqdm_mod.py
@@ -121,13 +121,17 @@ def test_float_alignment_in_bar():
     print("\n")
     bar_segments = []
     for line in lines:
-        match = re.search(r".*?\]", line)
+        match = re.search(r"^.*?\d{1,3}\.\d/100\.1", line)
         if match:
-            bar_segments.append(match.group(0))
-            print(match.group(0))
+            seg = match.group(0)
+            # ignore starting automatique tqdm bar 
+            if "0/100.1" not in seg:
+                bar_segments.append(seg)
+                print(seg)
 
     lengths = [len(seg) for seg in bar_segments]
-    assert len(set(lengths)) == 1
+    assert len(set(lengths)) == 1, f"Not aligned: {bar_segments} (lengths={lengths})"
+
 
 
 def test_custom_unit():