diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab4ba81ba45d2eb7295a7e4385aea591754c9746..63ee37a5354b7f0c851316bed0c407e3a207672a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ htmlcov/
 .tox/
 .nox/
 .coverage
+.coveragerc.final
 .coverage.*
 .cache
 nosetests.xml
diff --git a/report_coverage_all.sh b/report_coverage_all.sh
index e8e11c913accf4b32e2d78ae38d1b9c8d5ee23a4..72c1be7dcc9baa860a65955a699cf9de56dbd941 100755
--- a/report_coverage_all.sh
+++ b/report_coverage_all.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+PROJECTDIR=`pwd`
+
 cd $(dirname $0)/src
-RCFILE=~/teraflow/controller/coverage/.coveragerc
+RCFILE=$PROJECTDIR/controller/coverage/.coveragerc
 
 echo
 echo "Coverage report:"
diff --git a/run_local_tests.sh b/run_local_tests.sh
index c817a792ddfbb203cb72d4aa9dcc1cbd56456196..123ed93856462c6e197d557dfa5aa8352d8a4374 100755
--- a/run_local_tests.sh
+++ b/run_local_tests.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+PROJECTDIR=`pwd`
+
 cd $(dirname $0)/src
-RCFILE=~/teraflow/controller/coverage/.coveragerc
-COVERAGEFILE=~/teraflow/controller/coverage/.coverage
+RCFILE=$PROJECTDIR/coverage/.coveragerc.final
+COVERAGEFILE=$PROJECTDIR/coverage/.coverage
+
+# configure the correct folder on the .coveragerc file
+cat $PROJECTDIR/coverage/.coveragerc | sed s+~/teraflow/controller+$PROJECTDIR+g > $RCFILE
 
 # Run unitary tests and analyze coverage of code at same time
 
@@ -33,3 +38,5 @@ export REDIS_DATABASE_ID='0'
 coverage run --rcfile=$RCFILE --append -m pytest --log-level=INFO --verbose \
     common/database/tests/test_engine_redis.py \
     tester_integration/test_context_device_service.py
+
+rm $RCFILE