diff --git a/.circleci/config_continue.yml b/.circleci/config_continue.yml
index d9920f833..60bd54d67 100644
--- a/.circleci/config_continue.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config_continue.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
             - run: update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/java/jdk-15.0.1/bin/javac" 2
             - run: (cd .circleci/ && ./doBackendSDKTests.sh << parameters.cdi-version >> << parameters.fdi-version >>)
             - store_test_results:
-                  path: ~/test_report/report_node-<< parameters.fdi-version >>.xml
+                  path: test_report/report_node-<< parameters.fdi-version >>.xml
             - slack/status
     test-website:
         docker:
diff --git a/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh b/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
index 0b7320a5e..c06dcb261 100755
--- a/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
+++ b/.circleci/setupAndTestBackendSDKWithFreeCore.sh
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ fi
 
 echo "Testing with FREE core: $coreVersion, plugin-interface: $pluginInterfaceVersion"
 
-mkdir -p ~/test_report
-
 cd ../../
 git clone git@github.com:supertokens/supertokens-root.git
 cd supertokens-root
@@ -117,6 +115,7 @@ export NODE_PORT=8081
 export INSTALL_PATH=../supertokens-root
 export multi="spec=- mocha-junit-reporter=/dev/null"
 
+mkdir test_report
 TEST_FILES=$(circleci tests glob "test/**/*.test.js")
 echo "$TEST_FILES" | circleci tests run --command="xargs npx mocha mocha --reporter mocha-multi --node-option no-experimental-fetch -r test/fetch-polyfill.mjs --timeout 500000 --no-config" --verbose --split-by=timings