diff --git a/pantheon/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommandTest.java b/pantheon/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommandTest.java
index b15cf3f773..8632819266 100644
--- a/pantheon/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommandTest.java
+++ b/pantheon/src/test/java/tech/pegasys/pantheon/cli/PantheonCommandTest.java
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ public class PantheonCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     final Path genesisFile = createFakeGenesisFile(GENESIS_VALID_JSON);
     final String updatedConfig =
         Resources.toString(configFile, UTF_8)
-            .replace("~/genesis.json", escapeTomlString(genesisFile.toString()));
+            .replace("/opt/pantheon/genesis.json", escapeTomlString(genesisFile.toString()));
     final Path toml = createTempFile("toml", updatedConfig.getBytes(UTF_8));
 
     final List<RpcApi> expectedApis = asList(ETH, WEB3);
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public class PantheonCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
             .setGenesisConfig(encodeJsonGenesis(GENESIS_VALID_JSON))
             .setBootNodes(nodes)
             .build();
-    verify(mockControllerBuilder).dataDirectory(eq(Paths.get("~/pantheondata").toAbsolutePath()));
+    verify(mockControllerBuilder).dataDirectory(eq(Paths.get("/opt/pantheon").toAbsolutePath()));
     verify(mockControllerBuilderFactory).fromEthNetworkConfig(eq(networkConfig));
 
     verify(mockSyncConfBuilder).syncMode(eq(SyncMode.FAST));
diff --git a/pantheon/src/test/resources/complete_config.toml b/pantheon/src/test/resources/complete_config.toml
index c7502b58c4..b6323e9ab0 100644
--- a/pantheon/src/test/resources/complete_config.toml
+++ b/pantheon/src/test/resources/complete_config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # this is a valid TOML config file
 
-data-path="~/pantheondata" # Path
+data-path="/opt/pantheon" # Path
 
 #invalid-option=true
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ metrics-host="8.6.7.5"
 metrics-port=309
 
 # chain
-genesis-file="~/genesis.json" # Path
+genesis-file="/opt/pantheon/genesis.json" # Path
 network-id=42
 sync-mode="fast"# should be FAST or FULL (or fast or full)
 fast-sync-min-peers=13