diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 4b112841..b0d44fce 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@ template_options = Dict(
       @show pwd()
       @show @__DIR__
 
-      COPIERTemplate.generate(tmpdir1; data = template_options, vcs_ref = "HEAD")
-      bash_args = vcat([["-d"; "$k=$v"] for (k, v) in template_options]...)
-      ignore(line) = startswith("_commit")(line) || startswith("_src_path")(line)
       template_path = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..")
 
-      run(`copier copy --vcs-ref HEAD $bash_args $template_path $tmpdir2`)
+      cd(tmpdir1) do
+        COPIERTemplate.generate("."; data = template_options, vcs_ref = "HEAD")
+      end
+
+      bash_args = vcat([["-d"; "$k=$v"] for (k, v) in template_options]...)
+
+      cd(tmpdir2) do
+        run(`copier copy --vcs-ref HEAD $bash_args $template_path .`)
+      end
+
+      ignore(line) = startswith("_commit")(line) || startswith("_src_path")(line)
       for (root, dirs, files) in walkdir(tmpdir1)
         for file in files
           file1 = joinpath(root, file)