diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
index a63a6e4b..2a0e6ae1 100644
--- a/src/__init__.py
+++ b/src/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_PATH = os.path.join(
     os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)), DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE_NAME
 )
-DEFAULT_COOKIE_DIRECTORY = "session_data"
+DEFAULT_COOKIE_DIRECTORY = "/config/session_data"
 
 warnings.filterwarnings("ignore", category=DeprecationWarning)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sync.py b/tests/test_sync.py
index 05f044d1..cb287148 100644
--- a/tests/test_sync.py
+++ b/tests/test_sync.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def test_sync(
         if ENV_ICLOUD_PASSWORD_KEY in os.environ:
             del os.environ[ENV_ICLOUD_PASSWORD_KEY]
         self.assertIsNone(sync.sync())
-        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir("./session_data"))
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isdir("/config/session_data"))
 
     @patch(target="keyring.get_password", return_value=data.VALID_PASSWORD)
     @patch(