diff --git a/tests/run_tests.py b/tests/run_tests.py
index f2444d19ae0ad04eb4a0eb76b11e6e01b9f83488..02c5392d48279e10be51ead7b63fad2cb1366280 100644
--- a/tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tests/run_tests.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"report.xml")):
   print(dirfiles)
 else:
   # copy to a more suitable location for pickup as artifact
-  shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"report.xml"),os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"../","../","report.xml") )
+  shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"report.xml"),os.path.join(os.getcwd(),"../","report.xml") )
 
 print("-----------------------")