diff --git a/pymacro/macros b/pymacro/macros
index 9b87ce8..504fb9b 100644
--- a/pymacro/macros
+++ b/pymacro/macros
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.hc	hydrocarbon
-.h	hydrogen
-.c	carbon
+.hc hydrocarbon
+.h hydrogen
+.c carbon
 .o	oxygen
 :wink:	😉
diff --git a/pymacro/pymacro b/pymacro/pymacro
index 793e34c..70fdb8f 100755
--- a/pymacro/pymacro
+++ b/pymacro/pymacro
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def get_macros(input):
     """
 
     # turn input into unvalidated list of macros
-    macros = [x.split('\t') for x in input.split('\n')]
+    macros = [re.split('[ \t]', x) for x in input.split('\n')]
 
     # validate macros
     for index, macro in enumerate(macros):
diff --git a/pymacro/test.sh b/pymacro/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e0f60b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pymacro/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#/usr/bin/env sh
+./pymacro -sm tests/test_macros_plural -m tests/test_macros_biology tests/test_input tests/test_actual_output
+diff tests/test_actual_output tests/test_expected_output
+
diff --git a/pymacro/tests/macros b/pymacro/tests/macros
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b87ce8..0000000
--- a/pymacro/tests/macros
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-.hc	hydrocarbon
-.h	hydrogen
-.c	carbon
-.o	oxygen
-:wink:	😉