diff --git a/test/core-tests/repo-path.js b/test/core-tests/repo-path.js
index 95341dca44..a44e93d5d1 100644
--- a/test/core-tests/repo-path.js
+++ b/test/core-tests/repo-path.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const path = require('path')
+const isNode = require('detect-node')
 
-module.exports = path.join(__dirname, '../repo-tests-run')
+if (isNode) {
+  module.exports = path.join(__dirname, '../repo-tests-run')
+} else {
+  module.exports = 'ipfs'
+}