diff --git a/ws_tool/test/test_helper/helper.bash b/ws_tool/test/test_helper/helper.bash
index 262df1bb..401001d7 100644
--- a/ws_tool/test/test_helper/helper.bash
+++ b/ws_tool/test/test_helper/helper.bash
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ _setup_common() {
    load 'test_helper/bats-support/load'
    load 'test_helper/bats-assert/load'
 
-   ws_unset_settings
+
    # get the containing directory of this file
    # use $BATS_TEST_FILENAME instead of ${BASH_SOURCE[0]} or $0,
    # as those will point to the bats executable's location or the preprocessed file respectively
    PROJECT_ROOT="$( cd "$( dirname "$BATS_TEST_FILENAME" )/../../" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+   ws_unset_settings
    # echo "$PROJECT_ROOT, $BATS_TEST_FILENAME" >&3
    # make executables in src/ visible to PATH
    PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT:/bin/:${PROJECT_ROOT}/ws_tool:$PATH"