diff --git a/src/power-profiles-daemon.c b/src/power-profiles-daemon.c
index 8abc5dd..991c4d6 100644
--- a/src/power-profiles-daemon.c
+++ b/src/power-profiles-daemon.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ typedef struct {
   int ret;
 
   GKeyFile *config;
-  const char *config_path;
+  char *config_path;
 
   PpdProfile active_profile;
   PpdProfile selected_profile;
@@ -284,9 +284,9 @@ load_configuration (PpdApp *data)
   g_autoptr(GError) error = NULL;
 
   if (g_getenv ("UMOCKDEV_DIR") != NULL)
-    data->config_path = "ppd_test_conf.ini";
+    data->config_path = g_build_filename (g_getenv ("UMOCKDEV_DIR"), "ppd_test_conf.ini", NULL);
   else
-    data->config_path = "/var/lib/power-profiles-daemon/state.ini";
+    data->config_path = g_strdup ("/var/lib/power-profiles-daemon/state.ini");
   data->config = g_key_file_new ();
   if (!g_key_file_load_from_file (data->config, data->config_path, G_KEY_FILE_KEEP_COMMENTS, &error))
     g_debug ("Could not load configuration file '%s': %s", data->config_path, error->message);
@@ -894,6 +894,7 @@ free_app_data (PpdApp *data)
     data->name_id = 0;
   }
 
+  g_clear_pointer (&data->config_path, g_free);
   g_clear_pointer (&data->config, g_key_file_unref);
   g_ptr_array_free (data->probed_drivers, TRUE);
   g_ptr_array_free (data->actions, TRUE);
diff --git a/tests/integration-test b/tests/integration-test
index 16d1365..42ca21c 100755
--- a/tests/integration-test
+++ b/tests/integration-test
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class Tests(dbusmock.DBusTestCase):
         self.stop_daemon()
         del self.tp_acpi
         try:
-          os.remove('ppd_test_conf.ini')
+          os.remove(self.testbed.get_root_dir() + '/' + 'ppd_test_conf.ini')
         except Exception:
           pass
 
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ class Tests(dbusmock.DBusTestCase):
       self.stop_daemon()
 
       # sys.stderr.write('\n-------------- config file: ----------------\n')
-      # with open('ppd_test_conf.ini') as f:
+      # with open(self.testbed.get_root_dir() + '/' + 'ppd_test_conf.ini') as f:
       #   sys.stderr.write(f.read())
       # sys.stderr.write('------------------------------\n')