diff --git a/msnoise/test/tests.py b/msnoise/test/tests.py
index 4f327c7..a750bb8 100644
--- a/msnoise/test/tests.py
+++ b/msnoise/test/tests.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def setUp(self):
         # path = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
         # data_folder = os.path.join(path, 'data')
 
-        data_folder = os.path.join(os.environ.get("MSNOISE_DATA_DIR",""), "1.6")
+        data_folder = os.path.join(os.environ.get("MSNOISE_DATA_DIR",pooch.os_cache("msnoise")), "1.6")
 
         if not os.path.isdir("data"):
             shutil.copytree(data_folder, "data/")