diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a3d8581..35491dc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ OUT=my-log
 GOBIN=$(shell go env GOBIN)
 COVEROUT=cover.out
 COVERHTML=cover.html
-OPEN=xdg-open
-OS=$(shell uname -s)
-
-ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)
-OPEN=open
-endif
 
 .PHONY: help
 help: ## Show help for documented recipes
@@ -29,8 +23,7 @@ test: ## Test application and generate coverage report
 	$(MAKE) clean
 	$(MAKE) $(COVEROUT)
 
-$(COVEROUT): $(SOURCES)
-	$(MAKE) fmt
+$(COVEROUT): $(SOURCES) fmt
 	go test ./... -race -cover -coverprofile $@
 
 $(COVERHTML): $(COVEROUT)
@@ -40,8 +33,8 @@ $(COVERHTML): $(COVEROUT)
 report: $(COVERHTML) ## Generate a coverage report
 
 .PHONY: open-report
-open-report: $(COVERHTML) ## Open the coverage report in the default browser
-	$(OPEN) $<
+open-report: report ## Open the coverage report in the default browser
+	xdg-open $(COVERHTML)
 
 .PHONY: build
 build: $(OUT) ## Builds the application
diff --git a/files/append_test.go b/files/append_test.go
index 03f0253..0976363 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"] = "/var/my-logs-test"
+	config.Overrides["input.path"] = "/root/my-logs-test"
 	defer func(path string) {
 		config.Overrides["input.path"] = path
 	}(s.dir)