diff --git a/conftest.py b/conftest.py
index 402122c5..a263885c 100644
--- a/conftest.py
+++ b/conftest.py
@@ -12,4 +12,12 @@ def app() -> Flask:
     """App."""
     os.environ["FLASK_ENV"] = "testing"
     app = create_app()
+
+    # NOTE: set this here since nox shoves tests and src code to
+    # different places and this allows us to know exactly where we are at the start
+    app.config["BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"] = (
+        os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+        + "/tests/spiff_workflow_webapp/files/bpmn_specs"
+    )
+
     return app
diff --git a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/__init__.py b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/__init__.py
index bc246cf6..8af99b5c 100644
--- a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 """__init__.py."""
-import os
-
 from flask.app import Flask
 from werkzeug.utils import ImportStringError
 
@@ -9,7 +7,6 @@ def setup_config(app: Flask) -> None:
     """Setup_config."""
     app.config["SQLALCHEMY_TRACK_MODIFICATIONS"] = False
     app.config.from_object("spiff_workflow_webapp.config.default")
-    app.config["PROJECT_ROOT"] = os.path.join(app.root_path, "..", "..")
 
     try:
         app.config.from_object("spiff_workflow_webapp.config." + app.env)
diff --git a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
index c78cb50f..e402539d 100644
--- a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
+++ b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/config/testing.py
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ else:
     )
 
 TESTING = True
-BPMN_SPEC_DIR = "tests/spiff_workflow_webapp/files/bpmn_specs"
diff --git a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/db.sqlite3 b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/db.sqlite3
index 0a41ac0a..d282a2c6 100644
Binary files a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/db.sqlite3 and b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/db.sqlite3 differ
diff --git a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/routes/api_blueprint.py b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/routes/api_blueprint.py
index 0b3cc110..683e89ac 100644
--- a/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/routes/api_blueprint.py
+++ b/src/spiff_workflow_webapp/routes/api_blueprint.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def run_process() -> Response:
             mimetype="application/json",
         )
 
-    bpmn_spec_dir = os.path.join(current_app.config["PROJECT_ROOT"], current_app.config["BPMN_SPEC_DIR"])
+    bpmn_spec_dir = current_app.config["BPMN_SPEC_ABSOLUTE_DIR"]
     process = "order_product"
     dmn = [
         os.path.join(bpmn_spec_dir, "product_prices.dmn"),