diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
index 01a593b..4947dbf 100755
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/resources/test.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 MetadataNode=nc1
 NewUniverse=true
-nc1.stores=/tmp/nc1data/
-nc2.stores=/tmp/nc2data/
+nc1.stores=nc1data
+nc2.stores=nc2data
 OutputDir=/tmp/asterix_output/