diff --git a/test/data/.stxxl b/test/data/.stxxl
index fa45abaef..4b2217b2c 100644
--- a/test/data/.stxxl
+++ b/test/data/.stxxl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-disk=,2G,memory
+disk=/tmp/stxxl_###,200M,syscall autogrow