diff --git a/jail2ban/auth.py b/jail2ban/auth.py
index d9867bf..552c819 100644
--- a/jail2ban/auth.py
+++ b/jail2ban/auth.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 from flask import current_app, g
-import os
 
 
 def get_users():
@@ -9,10 +8,10 @@ def get_users():
 
         current_app.logger.debug('Reading %s for users', authfile)
 
-        with current_app.open_resource(os.path.join("..",
-                                                    authfile)) as f:
+        with current_app.open_resource(authfile) as f:
             for entry in f:
-                users.update({tuple(entry.decode('ascii').strip().split(':', 1))})
+                users.update({
+                    tuple(entry.decode('ascii').strip().split(':', 1))})
             g.users = users
     current_app.logger.debug(g.users)
     return g.users
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2ebdf68..c4167b9 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def app():
     app.config.update({
         "TESTING": True,
         "SECRET_KEY": 'Testing',
-        "AUTHFILE": 'tests/users-test.txt'
+        "AUTHFILE": '../tests/users-test.txt'
     })
 
     # other setup can go here