diff --git a/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_comp_reorder.hpp b/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_comp_reorder.hpp
index 7ae2d5a26a9498a78ccfe124e080626a1733eb5f..04ec1da2e6adad4ba79f8022d7995f5a7aae7b0e 100644
--- a/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_comp_reorder.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_comp_reorder.hpp
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(vector_dist_cl_performance_write_report)
 		// write the xml report
 		pt.put("celllist.comp.warning",warning_level);
 
-		cg.write(std::string(test_dir) + "/openfpm_pdata/Celllist_comp_ord.html");
+		cg.write("Celllist_comp_ord.html");
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_part_reorder.hpp b/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_part_reorder.hpp
index 0cdb09cbcd2e897370e1cae220f745c831ae6139..044a91de8a3ecd3297eb10f44edb06eee70dd05a 100644
--- a/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_part_reorder.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/performance/cell_list_part_reorder.hpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(vector_dist_cl_performance_write_report)
 	addUpdtateTime(cg);
 
 	if (create_vcluster().getProcessUnitID() == 0)
-		cg.write(std::string(test_dir) + "/openfpm_pdata/Celllist_part_ord.html");
+		cg.write("Celllist_part_ord.html");
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
diff --git a/src/Vector/performance/verlet_performance_tests.hpp b/src/Vector/performance/verlet_performance_tests.hpp
index 83141fe4f92d06a6ca61b6b347c484dd9f960aef..612872e1cc72f6c0576ee46e2eb7756fefd33002 100644
--- a/src/Vector/performance/verlet_performance_tests.hpp
+++ b/src/Vector/performance/verlet_performance_tests.hpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(vector_dist_verlet_performance_write_report)
 	{
 		addUpdtateTime(cg);
 
-		cg.write(std::string(test_dir) + "/openfpm_pdata/Verletlist_comp.html");
+		cg.write("Verletlist_comp.html");
 	}
 }