diff --git a/tests/test_mode_selector.py b/tests/test_mode_selector.py
index 8e235f40..bb824935 100644
--- a/tests/test_mode_selector.py
+++ b/tests/test_mode_selector.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_mode_selector(self):
         
         # produce sensitivity function
 
-        noise = np.genfromtxt("examples/files/LPA.txt", names=True)
+        noise = np.genfromtxt("../examples/files/LPA.txt", names=True)
         f, PSD = (
             np.asarray(noise["f"], dtype=np.float64),
             np.asarray(noise["ASD"], dtype=np.float64) ** 2,