diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 5fc5950..a1107bc 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -212,15 +212,15 @@ def plugin_config(tmp_path):
     from comictaggerlib.main import App
 
     ns = Namespace(config=comictaggerlib.ctsettings.ComicTaggerPaths(tmp_path / "config"))
+    ns.config.user_config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    ns.config.user_cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    ns.config.user_log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    ns.config.user_plugin_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     app = App()
     app.load_plugins(ns)
     app.register_settings(False)
 
     defaults = app.parse_settings(ns.config, "")
-    defaults[0].Runtime_Options__config.user_config_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    defaults[0].Runtime_Options__config.user_cache_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    defaults[0].Runtime_Options__config.user_log_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    defaults[0].Runtime_Options__config.user_plugin_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     yield (defaults, app.talkers)