diff --git a/tests/test_30_mdstore.py b/tests/test_30_mdstore.py
index d531d8f..ed2b9eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_30_mdstore.py
+++ b/tests/test_30_mdstore.py
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ def test_load_extern_incommon():
 
 def test_load_local():
     # string representation of XML idp definition
-    idp_metadata = open("metadata.xml").read()
+    idp_metadata = open(full_path("metadata.xml")).read()
 
     saml_config = Config()