diff --git a/swh/deposit/tests/__init__.py b/swh/deposit/tests/__init__.py
--- a/swh/deposit/tests/__init__.py
+++ b/swh/deposit/tests/__init__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 TEST_LOADER_CONFIG = {
     'extraction_dir': '/tmp/swh-loader-tar/test/',
+    'working_dir': '/tmp/swh-loader-tar/test/working-dir',
+    'debug': False,
     'storage': {
         'cls': 'memory',
         'args': {