diff --git a/qa/scripts/testSmokeTest.sh b/qa/scripts/testSmokeTest.sh
index d4314c99b..31ef6f49d 100755
--- a/qa/scripts/testSmokeTest.sh
+++ b/qa/scripts/testSmokeTest.sh
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ DATANODE0=$(cat ./qa/tf/ci/smoketest/outputs.json | jq -r '[.data_node_ips][0]["
 echo "using DATANODE0 ${DATANODE0}"
 
 echo "Writing config.py file..."
-cat << EOT > ./qa/scripts/testcases/smoketest/config.py
+cat << EOT > config.py
 datanode0="${DATANODE0}"
 EOT
+mv config.py ./qa/testcases/smoketest/config.py
 
 echo "Copying tests to remote"
 scp -r -i ~/.ssh/gitlab-featurebase-ci.pem ./qa/testcases/smoketest/*.py ec2-user@${INGESTNODE0}:/data
diff --git a/qa/testcases/smoketest/config.py b/qa/testcases/smoketest/config.py
index 5538f9f7d..42f642ee2 100644
--- a/qa/testcases/smoketest/config.py
+++ b/qa/testcases/smoketest/config.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-datanode0="10.0.1.16"
\ No newline at end of file
+datanode0="10.0.1.16"