diff --git a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/DefaultProfileHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/DefaultProfileHandlerTest.java
index 9d70a1c96..c6f2ee717 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/DefaultProfileHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/ebeaninternal/server/transaction/DefaultProfileHandlerTest.java
@@ -3,22 +3,28 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction;
 import io.ebean.config.ProfilingConfig;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 public class DefaultProfileHandlerTest {
-  @Test
-  public void createProfileStream() throws Exception {
 
-    DefaultProfileHandler handler = new DefaultProfileHandler(new ProfilingConfig());
+  @Test
+  public void createProfileStream() {
+
+    ProfilingConfig profilingConfig = new ProfilingConfig();
+    profilingConfig.setDirectory("target/profiling");
+
+    DefaultProfileHandler handler = new DefaultProfileHandler(profilingConfig);
 
     assertNotNull(handler.createProfileStream(12));
     assertNull(handler.createProfileStream(0));
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void createProfileStream_when_specificIncludeIds() throws Exception {
+  public void createProfileStream_when_specificIncludeIds() {
 
     ProfilingConfig config = new ProfilingConfig();
+    config.setDirectory("target/profiling");
     config.setIncludeProfileIds(new int[]{100,101});
 
     DefaultProfileHandler handler = new DefaultProfileHandler(config);