diff --git a/test/test_helpers.py b/test/test_helpers.py
index 896f85f4eda1036010fb0a8c83e13ff51c9949b9..0346586b8791d0ea70f2269ec51e9cdcf8b493be 100644
--- a/test/test_helpers.py
+++ b/test/test_helpers.py
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@ class TestSetExperimentName:
         exp_name, exp_path = set_experiment_name()
         assert exp_name == "TestExperiment"
         assert exp_path == os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "TestExperiment"))
-        exp_name, exp_path = set_experiment_name(experiment_date="2019-11-14", experiment_path="./test2")
+        exp_name, exp_path = set_experiment_name(experiment_date="2019-11-14", experiment_path="../test2")
         assert exp_name == "2019-11-14_network"
-        assert exp_path == os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "", "test2", exp_name))
+        assert exp_path == os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "test2", exp_name))
 
     def test_set_experiment_from_sys(self):
         exp_name, _ = set_experiment_name(experiment_date="2019-11-14")