diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe4c83a5c..c8380cc6c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -157,4 +157,5 @@ dmypy.json
 
 /.luarc.json
 build/ribasim_cli/tests/temp/
+python/ribasim_api/tests/temp/
 report.xml
diff --git a/pixi.toml b/pixi.toml
index ba2a63aae..103eeb865 100644
--- a/pixi.toml
+++ b/pixi.toml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ build-libribasim = { cmd = "cd build/create_binaries && julia --project create_l
 build = { depends_on = ["build-ribasim-cli", "build-libribasim"] }
 # Test
 test-ribasim-python = "pytest --numprocesses=auto python/ribasim/tests"
-test-ribasim-api = "pytest --numprocesses=auto python/ribasim_api/tests"
+test-ribasim-api = "pytest --numprocesses=auto --basetemp=python/ribasim_api/tests/temp --junitxml=report.xml python/ribasim_api/tests"
 test-ribasim-cli = "pytest --numprocesses=auto --basetemp=build/ribasim_cli/tests/temp --junitxml=report.xml build/ribasim_cli/tests"
 test-ribasim-core = { cmd = "julia --project=core --eval 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate(); Pkg.test()'", depends_on = [
     "generate-testmodels",