diff --git a/tests/cli/test_blueprints_sanity.sh b/tests/cli/test_blueprints_sanity.sh
index ad01d02e..4ff1ef10 100755
--- a/tests/cli/test_blueprints_sanity.sh
+++ b/tests/cli/test_blueprints_sanity.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ __EOF__
 
         rlRun -t -c "$CLI blueprints push beakerlib.toml"
         rlAssertEquals "pushed bp is found via list" "`$CLI blueprints list | grep beakerlib`" "beakerlib"
+        rlAssertExists "$BLUEPRINTS_DIR/git/workspace/master/beakerlib.toml"
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "blueprints show"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ __EOF__
     rlPhaseStartTest "blueprints delete"
         rlRun -t -c "$CLI blueprints delete beakerlib"
         rlAssertEquals "bp not found after delete" "`$CLI blueprints list | grep beakerlib`" ""
+        rlAssertNotExists "$BLUEPRINTS_DIR/git/workspace/master/beakerlib.toml"
     rlPhaseEnd
 
     rlPhaseStartTest "start a compose with deleted blueprint"
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.sh b/tests/test_cli.sh
index 8db33611..c6558fe0 100755
--- a/tests/test_cli.sh
+++ b/tests/test_cli.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ if [ -z "$CLI" ]; then
     . ./tests/testenv.sh
 
     BLUEPRINTS_DIR=`mktemp -d '/tmp/composer-blueprints.XXXXX'`
+    export BLUEPRINTS_DIR
     cp ./tests/pylorax/blueprints/*.toml $BLUEPRINTS_DIR
 
     SHARE_DIR=`mktemp -d '/tmp/composer-share.XXXXX'`
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ if [ -z "$CLI" ]; then
     ./src/sbin/lorax-composer --sharedir $SHARE_DIR $BLUEPRINTS_DIR &
 else
     export PACKAGE="composer-cli"
+    export BLUEPRINTS_DIR="/var/lib/lorax/composer/blueprints"
     systemctl stop lorax-composer
     setup_tests /usr/share/lorax /var/lib/lorax/composer/blueprints
     systemctl start lorax-composer