diff --git a/quantecon/util/tests/test_file.md b/quantecon/util/tests/test_file.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ec45702f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quantecon/util/tests/test_file.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a Simple Test File for test_notebooks.py
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diff --git a/quantecon/util/tests/test_notebooks.py b/quantecon/util/tests/test_notebooks.py
index 298c59289..8e39e2dab 100644
--- a/quantecon/util/tests/test_notebooks.py
+++ b/quantecon/util/tests/test_notebooks.py
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@
 import unittest
 import os
 
-FILES = ['README.md']
+FILES = ['test_file.md']
 REPO = "https://github.com/QuantEcon/QuantEcon.py"
 RAW = "raw"
 BRANCH = "master"
+FOLDER = "quantecon/util/tests/"
 
 class TestNotebookUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -22,16 +23,16 @@ def test_fetch_nb_dependencies(self):
         """
         Run First and Test Download
         """
-        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH)
+        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH, folder=FOLDER)
         self.assertFalse(False in status)
 
     def test_fetch_nb_dependencies_overwrite(self):
         """
         Run Second and Ensure file is skipped by checking a False is found in status
         """
-        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH)  #First will succeed
-        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH)  #Second should skip
+        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH, folder=FOLDER)  #First will succeed
+        status = fetch_nb_dependencies(files=FILES, repo=REPO, raw=RAW, branch=BRANCH, folder=FOLDER)  #Second should skip
         self.assertTrue(False in status)
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        os.remove("README.md")
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+        os.remove("test_file.md")
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