diff --git a/test/test.bash b/test/test.bash
index afe4d2c..eeb9782 100755
--- a/test/test.bash
+++ b/test/test.bash
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ if [[ $1 == "--setuid" ]]; then
   sudo chown icfs: ../build/icfs && sudo chmod 4777 ../build/icfs
   chmod g+w . # needed for icfs to be able to create the database
   echo "Valgrind will not be used due to setuid compatibility issues."
-  ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
+  ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected ./.pt.db &
   sleep 1
 else
   echo "Database protection will not be tested due to the lack of setuid capabilites."
   echo "To test it, run this script with '--setuid'."
-  valgrind -s ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
+  valgrind -s ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected ./.pt.db &
   sleep 5
 fi