diff --git a/tests/test_dataset.py b/tests/test_dataset.py
index c8609f6d9c253ea1134717d569ab09be0245705b..d07b1c72194bf59f00b96785faa3586547abb058 100644
--- a/tests/test_dataset.py
+++ b/tests/test_dataset.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import numpy as np
 import icartt
 
 # working directory, example files
-wd, fns = pathlib.Path('.'), pathlib.Path('./examples').glob('*.ict')
+wd = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent
+fns = (wd/'examples').glob('*.ict')
 
 def compareFiles(fn, strIn, strOut, skiplines=0, nlines=-1): # pragma: no cover
     strOut.seek(0)