diff --git a/integration-tests/templates/datastore_server_yeastx/etc/service.properties b/integration-tests/templates/datastore_server_yeastx/etc/service.properties
index 926cb46475b268fbce6caf355510df202a40cdbd..161ba5f0a029d0b43a05632cbb1d61dd9ef7d833 100644
--- a/integration-tests/templates/datastore_server_yeastx/etc/service.properties
+++ b/integration-tests/templates/datastore_server_yeastx/etc/service.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ data-store-server-code = DSS1
 root = ../data-yeastx/
 
 # The root directory of the data store
-storeroot-dir = ../data-yeastx/store
+storeroot-dir = ${root}/store
 
 # The directory where the command queue file is located; defaults to storeroot-dir 
 commandqueue-dir = .