diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_unit_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_unit_test.yml
index b32c19be..ff641a77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_unit_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_unit_test.yml
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ jobs:
           ./build/wfb_keygen
       - name: Unit test
         run: |
-          ./build/unit_test
+          cd build
+          ./unit_test
 
diff --git a/executables/unit_test.cpp b/executables/unit_test.cpp
index 7ffcf73a..e97da788 100644
--- a/executables/unit_test.cpp
+++ b/executables/unit_test.cpp
@@ -110,8 +110,10 @@ static void test_fec_stream_random_bs_fs_overhead_dropped(){
 // Test encryption+packet validation and packet validation only
 static void test_encrypt_decrypt_validate(const bool useGeneratedFiles,bool message_signing_only) {
   std::cout << "Using generated keypair (default seed otherwise):" << (useGeneratedFiles ? "y" : "n") << "\n";
-  const std::string filename_gs="gs.key"; //"../example_keys/gs.key"
-  const std::string filename_drone="drone.key"; //"../example_keys/drone.key"
+  //const std::string filename_gs="gs.key";
+  //const std::string filename_drone="drone.key";
+  const std::string filename_gs="../example_keys/gs.key";
+  const std::string filename_drone="../example_keys/drone.key";
   std::optional<std::string> encKey = useGeneratedFiles ? std::optional<std::string>(filename_gs) : std::nullopt;
   std::optional<std::string> decKey = useGeneratedFiles ? std::optional<std::string>(filename_drone) : std::nullopt;
   if(message_signing_only){