diff --git a/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-image b/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-image
index 39fe8ad86e..73941686a5 100755
--- a/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-image
+++ b/tests/kolainst/destructive/container-image
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
     cd ${td}
     arch=$(arch)
     # TODO close race here around webserver readiness
-    (cd ${KOLA_EXT_DATA}/rpm-repos/0 && ~core/kolet httpd) &
+    (cd ${KOLA_EXT_DATA}/rpm-repos/0 && /usr/local/bin/kolet httpd) &
     while ! curl -q http://127.0.0.1; do sleep 1; done
     cat >local.repo << 'EOF'
 [local]