diff --git a/cmd/tools/vtest-fmt.v b/cmd/tools/vtest-fmt.v
index 5c1de4b2bb..811e3d5341 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/vtest-fmt.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/vtest-fmt.v
@@ -4,34 +4,38 @@ import os
 import testing
 
 const (
-	known_failing_exceptions = ['./examples/vweb/vweb_example.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/gen_vc.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/modules/vgit/vgit.v', // generics
-	'./cmd/tools/preludes/live_main.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/preludes/live_shared.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/preludes/tests_assertions.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/preludes/tests_with_stats.v',
-	'./cmd/tools/performance_compare.v', // generics
-	'./cmd/tools/oldv.v', // generics
-	'./tutorials/code/blog/article.v',
-	'./tutorials/code/blog/blog.v',
-	'./vlib/arrays/arrays.v',
-	'./vlib/arrays/arrays_test.v',
-	'./vlib/builtin/js/hashmap.v',
-	'./vlib/v/tests/fn_variadic_test.v',
-	'./vlib/v/tests/generic_test.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/aes/aes.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/aes/aes_cbc.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/aes/block_generic.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/aes/const.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/aes/cypher_generic.v',
-	'./vlib/crypto/rc4/rc4.v',
-	'./vlib/eventbus/eventbus_test.v',
-	'./vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v',
-	'./vlib/szip/szip.v',
-	'./vlib/uiold/examples/users_gui/users.v',
-	'./vlib/vweb/assets/assets.v',
-	'./vlib/vweb/vweb.v',
+	known_failing_exceptions = [
+		'./examples/vweb/vweb_example.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/gen_vc.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/modules/vgit/vgit.v', // generics
+		'./cmd/tools/preludes/live_main.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/preludes/live_shared.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/preludes/tests_assertions.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/preludes/tests_with_stats.v',
+		'./cmd/tools/performance_compare.v', // generics
+		'./cmd/tools/oldv.v', // generics
+		'./tutorials/code/blog/article.v',
+		'./tutorials/code/blog/blog.v',
+		'./vlib/arrays/arrays.v',
+		'./vlib/arrays/arrays_test.v',
+		'./vlib/builtin/js/hashmap.v',
+		'./vlib/v/tests/fn_variadic_test.v',
+		'./vlib/v/tests/generic_test.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/aes/aes.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/aes/aes_cbc.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/aes/block_generic.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/aes/const.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/aes/cypher_generic.v',
+		'./vlib/crypto/rc4/rc4.v',
+		'./vlib/eventbus/eventbus_test.v',
+		'./vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v',
+		'./vlib/szip/szip.v',
+		'./vlib/uiold/examples/users_gui/users.v',
+		'./vlib/vweb/assets/assets.v',
+		'./vlib/vweb/vweb.v',
+		'./vlib/v/gen/js/tests/life.v',
+		'./vlib/builtin/bare/linuxsys_bare.v',
+		'./vlib/os/os.v',
 	]
 )
 
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ fn v_test_formatting(vargs string) {
 	vfmt_test_session.test()
 	eprintln(vfmt_test_session.benchmark.total_message('running vfmt over V files'))
 	if vfmt_test_session.benchmark.nfail > 0 {
-		eprintln('\nWARNING: v fmt failed ${vfmt_test_session.benchmark.nfail} times.\n')
+		eprintln('\nWARNING: v fmt failed $vfmt_test_session.benchmark.nfail times.\n')
 		exit(1)
 	}
 }