diff --git a/e2e/config_test.go b/e2e/config_test.go
index 85a7902ae..0c4a29d35 100644
--- a/e2e/config_test.go
+++ b/e2e/config_test.go
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ var testConfig = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			gomega.Expect(startCmdSession).Should(gexec.Exit(0))
 
 			gomega.Expect(limaConfigFilePath).Should(gomega.BeARegularFile())
-			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(limaConfigFilePath)
+			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(limaConfigFilePath))
 			gomega.Expect(err).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 			gomega.Expect(cfgBuf).Should(gomega.SatisfyAll(gomega.ContainSubstring("cpus: 6"), gomega.ContainSubstring("memory: 4GiB")))
 		})
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var testConfig = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			gomega.Expect(startCmdSession).Should(gexec.Exit(0))
 
 			gomega.Expect(limaConfigFilePath).Should(gomega.BeARegularFile())
-			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(limaConfigFilePath)
+			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(limaConfigFilePath))
 			gomega.Expect(err).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 			// 4 CPUs is the default
 			gomega.Expect(cfgBuf).Should(gomega.SatisfyAll(gomega.MatchRegexp(`cpus: \d`), gomega.ContainSubstring("memory: 6GiB")))
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ var testConfig = func(o *option.Option, installed bool) {
 			gomega.Expect(startCmdSession).Should(gexec.Exit(0))
 
 			gomega.Expect(limaConfigFilePath).Should(gomega.BeARegularFile())
-			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(limaConfigFilePath)
+			cfgBuf, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Clean(limaConfigFilePath))
 			gomega.Expect(err).ShouldNot(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 			gomega.Expect(cfgBuf).Should(gomega.SatisfyAll(gomega.MatchRegexp(`cpus: \d`), gomega.MatchRegexp(`memory: \dGiB`)))
 		})
diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index 0420fbc54..e048471b0 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/runfinch/common-tests/tests"
 )
 
-const virtualMachineRootCmd = "vm"
-const installedTestSubject = "finch"
+const (
+	virtualMachineRootCmd = "vm"
+	installedTestSubject  = "finch"
+)
 
 var installed = flag.Bool("installed", false, "the flag to show whether the tests are ran against installed application")