diff --git a/packages/alpinejs/src/directives.js b/packages/alpinejs/src/directives.js
index ee1bf4ebe..3dc91b8f9 100644
--- a/packages/alpinejs/src/directives.js
+++ b/packages/alpinejs/src/directives.js
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ export function directive(name, callback) {
     return {
         before(directive) {
             if (!directiveHandlers[directive]) {
-                console.warn(
-                    "Cannot find directive `${directive}`. "
-                    + "`${name}` will use the default order of execution"
-                );
+                console.warn(String.raw`Cannot find directive \`${directive}\`. \`${name}\` will use the default order of execution`);
                 return;
             }
             const pos = directiveOrder.indexOf(directive);
diff --git a/tests/cypress/integration/directives/x-bind-style.spec.js b/tests/cypress/integration/directives/x-bind-style.spec.js
index 7b04afb56..56d0b9fd5 100644
--- a/tests/cypress/integration/directives/x-bind-style.spec.js
+++ b/tests/cypress/integration/directives/x-bind-style.spec.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('style attribute object binding with CSS variable',
         </div>
     `,
     ({ get }) => {
-        get('div').should(haveAttribute('style', '--MyCSS-Variable: 0.25;'))
+        get('div').should(haveAttribute('style', '--MyCSS-Variable:0.25;'))
     }
 )
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('CSS custom properties are set',
         </div>
     `,
     ({ get }) => {
-        get('span').should(haveAttribute('style', 'color: var(--custom-prop); --custom-prop: #f00;'))
+        get('span').should(haveAttribute('style', 'color: var(--custom-prop); --custom-prop:#f00;'))
     }
 )
 
@@ -73,6 +73,6 @@ test('existing CSS custom properties are preserved',
         </div>
     `,
     ({ get }) => {
-        get('span').should(haveAttribute('style', 'color: var(--custom-prop-b); --custom-prop-a: red; --custom-prop-b: var(--custom-prop-a);'))
+        get('span').should(haveAttribute('style', 'color: var(--custom-prop-b); --custom-prop-a: red; --custom-prop-b:var(--custom-prop-a);'))
     }
 )