diff --git a/test/consuming-services.test.js b/test/consuming-services.test.js
index 1158452d..54a8410b 100644
--- a/test/consuming-services.test.js
+++ b/test/consuming-services.test.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 const { expect } = require('./capire')
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
+
 const cwd = process.cwd()
+before (()=> process.chdir(__dirname))
+after(()=> process.chdir(cwd))
 
 describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
   //
   before('bootstrap db and services', async () => {
-    process.chdir(__dirname)
     const model = await cds.load(['@capire/bookshop', '@capire/common'])
     await cds.deploy(model).to('sqlite::memory:')
     const { AdminService } = await cds.serve('AdminService').from(model)
@@ -14,8 +16,6 @@ describe('Consuming Services locally', () => {
     expect(Authors).not.to.be.undefined
   })
 
-  after(()=> process.chdir(cwd))
-
   it('bootrapped the database successfully', ()=>{})
 
   it('supports targets as strings or reflected defs', async () => {
diff --git a/test/custom-handlers.test.js b/test/custom-handlers.test.js
index 5efec938..8c2f95d3 100644
--- a/test/custom-handlers.test.js
+++ b/test/custom-handlers.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+const cwd = process.cwd()
+const is_jest = !!global.test
+if (is_jest) { // it's jest
+  global.before = (msg,fn) => global.beforeAll(fn||msg)
+  global.after = (msg,fn) => global.afterAll(fn||msg)
+}
+before (()=> process.chdir(__dirname))
+after (()=> process.chdir(cwd))
+
 describe('Custom Handlers', () => {
   const { GET, POST, expect } = require('./capire').launch('bookshop')