diff --git a/files/append_test.go b/files/append_test.go
index 0976363..03f0253 100644
--- a/files/append_test.go
+++ b/files/append_test.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestConfLoadErr() {
 
 func (s *AppendTestSuite) TestMkdirErr() {
 	// Don't run this test as root
-	config.Overrides["input.path"] = "/root/my-logs-test"
+	config.Overrides["input.path"] = "/var/my-logs-test"
 	defer func(path string) {
 		config.Overrides["input.path"] = path
 	}(s.dir)