diff --git a/tests/index.TestCase b/tests/index.TestCase
index 5baf078e..43db9433 100755
--- a/tests/index.TestCase
+++ b/tests/index.TestCase
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class IndexTest(unittest.TestCase):
         head.return_value.headers = {'ETag': 'new_etag'}
         get.return_value.headers = {'ETag': 'new_etag'}
         get.return_value.status_code = 200
-        testfile = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'signindex', 'guardianproject-v1.jar')
+        testfile = os.path.join('signindex', 'guardianproject-v1.jar')
         with open(testfile, 'rb') as file:
             get.return_value.content = file.read()
 
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@ class IndexTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
+    os.chdir(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
     parser = optparse.OptionParser()
     parser.add_option("-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", default=False,
                       help="Spew out even more information than normal")