diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/mx_application_name.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/mx_application_name.sql
index 74b5f271e..60e0dde04 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/mx_application_name.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/mx_application_name.sql
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ CREATE SCHEMA mx_app_name;
 CREATE TABLE output (line text);
 
 -- a hack to run command with another user
-\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "CREATE TABLE dist_1(a int)" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
-\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "SELECT create_distributed_table(''dist_1'', ''a'');" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
-
+\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'export PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "CREATE TABLE dist_1(a int)" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
+\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'export PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "show application_name;" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
+SELECT * FROM output;
 -- ensure the command executed fine
 SELECT count(*) FROM pg_dist_partition WHERE logicalrelid = 'dist_1'::regclass;
 
-\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "DROP TABLE dist_1;" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
+\COPY output FROM PROGRAM 'export PGAPPNAME=mx_app_name psql -c "DROP TABLE dist_1;" -h localhost -p 57636 -U postgres -d regression'
 
 DROP SCHEMA mx_app_name CASCADE;