diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1338fd8c6e..46f7adf042 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ ifeq ($(ENABLE_ASAN) $(PLATFORM),ON Darwin)
 endif
 	@echo "check the Catalyst demos"
 	MDD_BENCHMARK_PRECISION=1 \
-	$(ASAN_COMMAND) $(PYTHON) -m pytest demos/*.ipynb --nbmake $(PARALLELIZE)
+	$(ASAN_COMMAND) $(PYTHON) -m pytest demos --nbmake $(PARALLELIZE)
 
 wheel:
 	echo "INSTALLED = True" > $(MK_DIR)/frontend/catalyst/_configuration.py
diff --git a/demos/qml/tutorial_qft_arithmetics.ipynb b/demos/qml/tutorial_qft_arithmetics.ipynb
index 3b5a669618..7a30e77f6a 100644
--- a/demos/qml/tutorial_qft_arithmetics.ipynb
+++ b/demos/qml/tutorial_qft_arithmetics.ipynb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
     "\n",
     "    fourier_add_const(k, range(n_wires))\n",
     "\n",
-    "    qml.adjoint(qml.QFT)(wires=range(n_wires))\n",
+    "    qml.adjoint(qml.QFT)(wires=list(range(n_wires)))\n",
     "\n",
     "    return qml.sample()\n",
     "\n",