diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/basics.nim b/tests/nitro/basics.nim
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/nitro/protocol/basics.nim
rename to tests/nitro/basics.nim
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/examples.nim b/tests/nitro/examples.nim
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/nitro/protocol/examples.nim
rename to tests/nitro/examples.nim
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/testAbi.nim b/tests/nitro/protocol/testAbi.nim
index 1802d38..5c18343 100644
--- a/tests/nitro/protocol/testAbi.nim
+++ b/tests/nitro/protocol/testAbi.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import ./basics
 import pkg/nitro/protocol/abi
+import ../basics
 
 suite "ABI encoding":
 
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/testChannel.nim b/tests/nitro/protocol/testChannel.nim
index af58874..0a7afd0 100644
--- a/tests/nitro/protocol/testChannel.nim
+++ b/tests/nitro/protocol/testChannel.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import ./basics
 import pkg/nitro/protocol/abi
 import pkg/nimcrypto
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import ../basics
 
 suite "channel definition":
 
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/testOutcome.nim b/tests/nitro/protocol/testOutcome.nim
index 02bd2df..71bb70a 100644
--- a/tests/nitro/protocol/testOutcome.nim
+++ b/tests/nitro/protocol/testOutcome.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import ./basics
 import pkg/nitro/protocol/abi
 import pkg/nimcrypto
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import ../basics
 
 suite "outcome":
 
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/testSignature.nim b/tests/nitro/protocol/testSignature.nim
index 1eb0495..447d67c 100644
--- a/tests/nitro/protocol/testSignature.nim
+++ b/tests/nitro/protocol/testSignature.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import ./basics
 import pkg/nimcrypto
 import pkg/secp256k1
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import ../basics
 
 suite "signature":
 
diff --git a/tests/nitro/protocol/testState.nim b/tests/nitro/protocol/testState.nim
index f2fc58b..cacb601 100644
--- a/tests/nitro/protocol/testState.nim
+++ b/tests/nitro/protocol/testState.nim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import ./basics
 import pkg/nitro/protocol/abi
 import pkg/nimcrypto
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
+import ../basics
 
 suite "state":