diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 86c86c6..9d72139 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ build
 .gradle
 gradle.prefs
 .idea/workspace.xml
-.idea/uiDesigner.xml
-src/test/resources/test
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/uiDesigner.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTestResource.java b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTestResource.java
index de69a8d..ea68008 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTestResource.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/eclipse/collections/tools/ConverterTestResource.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class ConverterTestResource extends ExternalResource
 {
     public static final String RESOURCE_DIR = "src/test/resources/source";
-    public static final String TEST_DIR = "src/test/resources/test";
+    public static final String TEST_DIR = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + "gsc_ec_converter_test";
     private ExitMock exitMock = ExitMock.getInstance();
 
     @Override
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ private void clean(Path path) throws IOException
                 catch (IOException e)
                 {
                     throw new RuntimeException("Resources may not have been cleaned-up... " +
-                            "Manually delete files under \"src/test/resources/test\" and rerun", e);
+                            "Manually delete files under " + TEST_DIR + " and rerun", e);
                 }
             });
             Files.delete(path);