diff --git a/test/consuming-services.test.js b/test/consuming-services.test.js
index 6a5b4174..1158452d 100644
--- a/test/consuming-services.test.js
+++ b/test/consuming-services.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 const { expect } = require('./capire')
 const cds = require('@sap/cds')
+const cwd = process.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)
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ 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 () => {