diff --git a/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go b/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
index 4f0804e..c6d8949 100644
--- a/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
+++ b/functional-tests/appwrapper_reconciler_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func startEnvTest(t *testing.T) *envtest.Environment {
 	//specify testEnv configuration
 	testEnv = &envtest.Environment{
 		CRDDirectoryPaths: []string{
+			filepath.Join("..", "config", "crd", "bases"),
 			filepath.Join(build.Default.GOPATH, "pkg", "mod", "github.com", "project-codeflare", "multi-cluster-app-dispatcher@v1.38.1", "config", "crd", "bases"),
 			filepath.Join(build.Default.GOPATH, "pkg", "mod", "github.com", "openshift", "api@v0.0.0-20220411210816-c3bb724c282a", "machine", "v1beta1"),
 		},