diff --git a/tests/makedict/00_6string/output.json b/tests/makedict/00_6string/output.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a97f88d..0000000
--- a/tests/makedict/00_6string/output.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "rougail.var1": "string1",
-    "rougail.var2": "string1",
-    "rougail.var3": "string1",
-    "rougail.var4": "string1",
-    "rougail.var5": "string1",
-    "rougail.var6": "string1"
-}
diff --git a/tests/test_load.py b/tests/test_load.py
index be6d8eb..62629f9 100644
--- a/tests/test_load.py
+++ b/tests/test_load.py
@@ -18,20 +18,22 @@ dico_dirs = Path('../rougail/tests/dictionaries')
 #env_test_folder = '00_6string'
 
 # path configuration
-_here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
-envtest = _here / 'tests' / 'envvars'
+#_here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+#envtest = _here / 'tests' / 'envvars'
+#test_ok = [dico_dirs / env_test_folder]
 
 test_ok = set()
-test_raise = set()
-for test in listdir(dico_dirs):
-    test_ok.add(test)
-    if test != '__pycache__':
-        test_raise.add(test)
-
-#test_ok = [dico_dirs / env_test_folder]
 excludes = set()
 test_ok -= excludes
 
+for test in dico_dirs.iterdir():
+    if (test / 'tiramisu').is_dir() and test.name not in excludes:
+        test_ok.add(test)
+
+test_ok = list(test_ok)
+test_ok.sort()
+
+
 @fixture(scope="module", params=test_ok)
 def test_dir(request):
     return request.param
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ def _test_dictionaries(test_dir):
     rougailconfig = RougailConfig.copy()
     rougailconfig['step.user_data'] = ['environment']
     rougailconfig['main_namespace'] = None
-    dirs = [str(test_dir + '/dictionaries/rougail')]
+    dirs = [str(test_dir / 'dictionaries' / 'rougail')]
     rougailconfig['custom_types']['custom'] = CustomOption
     rougailconfig['main_dictionaries'] = dirs
     return rougailconfig
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ def _test_dictionaries(test_dir):
 
 def test_dictionaries_warning(test_dir):
     "tests the '00_6string' folder"
+    current_dirname = test_dir.name
     rougailconfig = _test_dictionaries(test_dir)
     # populate tests if not already exists
     dest_dir = Path('tests') / 'envvars' / test_dir.name
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ def test_dictionaries_warning(test_dir):
     new_config = environment.config
     new_config_dict = dict(new_config.value.get())
     # expected output
-    with open(Path('tests') / 'makedict' / env_test_folder / 'output.json') as json_file:
+    with open(Path('tests') / 'envvars' / current_dirname /  'makedict' / 'all.env') as json_file:
         expected = json.load(json_file)
     # here is the effective test
     for key, value in new_config_dict.items():
@@ -83,6 +86,8 @@ def populate(dest_dir, rougailconfig):
     for level in ['all', 'mandatories']:
         environment_file = dest_dir / 'env' / f'{level}.env'
         makedict_file = dest_dir / 'makedict' / f'{level}.env'
+        environment_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        makedict_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         if not environment_file.is_file() or not makedict_file.is_file():
             config = Rougail(rougailconfig).run()
             if level == 'all':
@@ -94,8 +99,11 @@ def populate(dest_dir, rougailconfig):
             with environment_file.open('w') as envfh:
                 envfh.write('\n'.join(values) + '\n')
         if  not makedict_file.is_file():
-            with environment_file.open('w') as envfh:
-                envfh.write('\n'.join(values) + '\n')
+            with makedict_file.open('w') as envfh:
+                #envfh.write('\n'.join(values) + '\n')
+                config_dict = dict(option_value(config.value.get()))
+                dump(config_dict, fh, indent=4)
+                envfh.write('\n')
 
 
 def get_value(variable):