diff --git a/test/messaging.test.js b/test/messaging.test.js
index b8f2208c..da3e9943 100644
--- a/test/messaging.test.js
+++ b/test/messaging.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const cwd = process.cwd(); process.chdir (__dirname) //> only for internal CI/CD@SAP
 const {expect} = require('./capire')
 const cds = require ('@sap/cds')
 const _model = '@capire/reviews'
@@ -5,6 +6,8 @@ const _model = '@capire/reviews'
 
 describe('Messaging', ()=>{
 
+    after(()=> process.chdir(cwd))
+
     it ('should bootstrap sqlite in-memory db', async()=>{
         const db = await cds.deploy (_model) .to ('sqlite::memory:')
         expect (db.model) .not.undefined