diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7994946a0d4c79a6514b2ef8f972d100d1a18241..999248b2653e740a241dd10c3528975dd1c31522 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ wheelhouse/*
 _version.py
 *xmlrunner-results.xml
 
+# python test artifact
+*test_export/*
+
 # Mermaid
 *.mmd
 
diff --git a/aidge_core/unit_tests/test_export.py b/aidge_core/unit_tests/test_export.py
index 96e2226bea9574e5ff11a0a10529342605c746be..6f39613afb06c2c0f6ac96bb9f4bce677e21a019 100644
--- a/aidge_core/unit_tests/test_export.py
+++ b/aidge_core/unit_tests/test_export.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class test_export(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test aidge export"""
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.EXPORT_PATH = pathlib.Path("myexport")
+        self.EXPORT_PATH = pathlib.Path("test_export")
 
     def tearDown(self):
         pass