diff --git a/sette/sette.sh b/sette/sette.sh
index 4f4904c2738ce42b84200efd648c39106f40a8c3..fbd81513b8a7334883233685efa8d7cb1c1edef2 100755
--- a/sette/sette.sh
+++ b/sette/sette.sh
@@ -253,11 +253,11 @@ if [ ! -d $NEMO_VALIDATION_DIR/$SETTE_SUB_VAL ] && [ ${dry_run} -eq 0 ] ; then
 fi
 export NEMO_VALIDATION_DIR=$NEMO_VALIDATION_DIR/$SETTE_SUB_VAL
 
-TEST_CONFIGS="${TEST_CONFIGS/ORCA2_SAS_ICE/SAS}"   # Shortening of 'ORCA2_SAS_ICE' to 'SAS'
-TEST_CONFIGS="${TEST_CONFIGS/AGRIF_DEMO/AGRIF}"    # Shortening of 'AGRIF_DEMO' to 'AGRIF'
+TEST_CONFIGS=(${TEST_CONFIGS[@]/ORCA2_SAS_ICE/SAS})   # Shortening of 'ORCA2_SAS_ICE' to 'SAS'
+TEST_CONFIGS=(${TEST_CONFIGS[@]/AGRIF_DEMO/AGRIF})    # Shortening of 'AGRIF_DEMO' to 'AGRIF'
 if [ ${#SETTE_TEST_CONFIGS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "=================================="
-   echo "Configurations $TEST_CONFIGS will be tested if they are available"
+   echo "Configurations ${TEST_CONFIGS[@]} will be tested if they are available"
 fi
 echo "Carrying out the following tests  : ${TEST_TYPES[@]}"
 echo "requested by the command          : "$cmd $cmdargs