diff --git a/src/Schema/CockroachSchemaState.php b/src/Schema/CockroachSchemaState.php
index 6c7af3b..4263368 100644
--- a/src/Schema/CockroachSchemaState.php
+++ b/src/Schema/CockroachSchemaState.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function dump(Connection $connection, $path): void
     public function load($path): void
     {
         $fileContents = $this->files->get($path);
-        if (Str::squish($fileContents) === '') {
+        if ($fileContents === '') {
             throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('file %s is empty', $path));
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Integration/Database/DumpAndLoadSchemaTest.php b/tests/Integration/Database/DumpAndLoadSchemaTest.php
index b7a6590..8bca962 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/Database/DumpAndLoadSchemaTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/Database/DumpAndLoadSchemaTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ protected function setUp(): void
 
     public function test_exporting_an_sql_dump()
     {
+        File::ensureDirectoryExists(database_path('schema-test'));
+
         if ($this->app['config']->get('database.default') !== 'testing') {
             $this->artisan('db:wipe', ['--drop-views' => true]);
         }
@@ -25,22 +27,25 @@ public function test_exporting_an_sql_dump()
         $this->artisan('migrate', $options);
 
         $this->beforeApplicationDestroyed(function () use ($options) {
-            File::delete(database_path('schema/crdb-schema.sql'));
+            File::delete(database_path('schema-test/crdb-schema.sql'));
 
             $this->artisan('migrate:rollback', $options);
         });
 
         $this->artisan('schema:dump', [
             '--database' => 'crdb',
+            '--path' => database_path('schema-test/crdb-schema.sql'),
         ])
             ->assertSuccessful();
+
+        $this->assertFileExists(database_path('schema-test/crdb-schema.sql'));
     }
 
     public function test_importing_an_sql_dump()
     {
         // Make sure the schema direct exists first
-        File::ensureDirectoryExists(database_path('schema'));
-        File::copy(__DIR__ . '/stubs/schema-dump.sql', database_path('schema/crdb-schema.sql'));
+        File::ensureDirectoryExists(database_path('schema-test'));
+        File::copy(__DIR__ . '/stubs/schema-dump.sql', database_path('schema-test/crdb-schema.sql'));
 
         if ($this->app['config']->get('database.default') !== 'testing') {
             $this->artisan('db:wipe', ['--drop-views' => true]);
@@ -57,7 +62,10 @@ public function test_importing_an_sql_dump()
             $this->artisan('migrate:rollback', $options);
         });
 
-        $this->artisan('migrate', $options);
+        $this->artisan('migrate', [
+            ...$options,
+            ...['--schema-path' => database_path('schema-test/crdb-schema.sql')]
+        ]);
 
         $this->assertDatabaseCount('migrations', 2);