diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest_asdf.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest_asdf.yml
index c3911e0fa..a792cdffb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest_asdf.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest_asdf.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: pip installs
         run: |
           pip install -e .[test]
-      - name: run pytest
+      - name: run asdf schema pytest
         run: |
-          pytest --asdf-tests --ignore=weldx/tests/ --no-cov weldx/asdf/schemas
+          pytest --asdf-tests --ignore=weldx/tests/ --no-cov weldx/asdf/schemas/
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index d8ea363aa..0a79d0508 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ match_dir = [^\.][^\docs].*
 [tool:pytest]
 addopts = --tb=short --color=yes -rs --cov=weldx --cov-report=term-missing:skip-covered --doctest-modules
 #addopts = --tb=short --color=yes -rs -p no:cov
+testpaths =
+    weldx
 # custom test markers, see https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/example/markers.html#mark-examples
 markers =
     slow: marks tests as slow to run (skipped by default, enable with --runslow option)