diff --git a/test/context.test.ts b/test/context.test.ts
index 0d5b6fa..c802939 100644
--- a/test/context.test.ts
+++ b/test/context.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { workers } from 'moroutine';
-import { makeCtx, makeMultiplierCtx, readCtx, addWithCtx } from './fixtures/context.ts';
+import { makeCtx, makeMultiplierCtx, readCtx, addWithCtx, prefixValue } from './fixtures/context.ts';
 
 describe('task-arg caching', () => {
   it('task arg is resolved on the worker', async () => {
@@ -54,13 +54,15 @@ describe('task-arg caching', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  it('moroutine task arg resolves and caches', async () => {
-    const ctx = makeCtx('nested');
+  it('nested task args resolve recursively', async () => {
+    // makeCtx('hello') is a task-arg passed to prefixValue
+    // prefixValue itself is the outer task dispatched to the worker
+    // The worker must resolve makeCtx first, then call prefixValue with the result
+    const ctx = makeCtx('hello');
     const run = workers(1);
     try {
-      const result = await run(readCtx(ctx));
-      assert.equal(result.value, 'nested');
-      assert.equal(typeof result.workerInitId, 'number');
+      const result = await run(prefixValue(ctx, '>>> '));
+      assert.equal(result, '>>> hello');
     } finally {
       run[Symbol.dispose]();
     }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context.ts b/test/fixtures/context.ts
index 6d79284..0a4f220 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/context.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/context.ts
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ export const readCtx = mo(
 export const addWithCtx = mo(import.meta, (ctx: { multiplier: number }, a: number, b: number): number => {
   return (a + b) * ctx.multiplier;
 });
+
+export const prefixValue = mo(import.meta, (ctx: { value: string; workerInitId: number }, prefix: string): string => {
+  return prefix + ctx.value;
+});