diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 6de362cf..1b1c1cad 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=to_fill
 MAX_NB_EMAIL_FREE_PLAN=3
 
 # Absolute paths
-OPENID_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=to_fill
-OPENID_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH=to_fill
+OPENID_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=local_data/jwtRS256.key
+OPENID_PUBLIC_KEY_PATH=local_data/jwtRS256.key.pub
 
-WORDS_FILE_PATH=to_fill
+WORDS_FILE_PATH=local_data/words.txt
 
 # Github: make sure to set correctly the redirect url to /auth/github/callback
 GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=to_fill
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 080c560e..79e8a78b 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
+os.environ["CONFIG"] = ".env.example"
+
 # use in-memory database
 # need to set before importing any other module as DB_URI is init at import time
 os.environ["DB_URI"] = "sqlite://"