diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3bc76765c891217f3c7e5f07ac868a1fc861d5d1..a70a62ab9b24332dd422c675b9de1d7aeebcffb3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ venv.bak/
 omero_py/omeroweb/
 omero_py/pipeline/
 **.ipynb
-data/
 notebooks/
 *.pdf
 *.h5
diff --git a/tests/agora/base_test.py b/tests/agora/base_test.py
index feefb908ea9e1a304f0e335544f21e778a69f9e7..feb333b965ff8c15607591e4e917867508bbf0cb 100644
--- a/tests/agora/base_test.py
+++ b/tests/agora/base_test.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_to_yaml(yaml_file):
 
 def test_dict(example_dict):
     params = DummyParameters(**example_dict)
-    assert params.to_dict() == param_dict
+    assert params.to_dict() == example_dict
     # Remove
     params.to_yaml("outfile.yml")
 
diff --git a/tests/agora/conftest.py b/tests/agora/conftest.py
index 6804b892ca82fa7267d6084538f7e998776dc764..7125dc5e190bc5a7f528b36c09865a631eed0780 100644
--- a/tests/agora/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/agora/conftest.py
@@ -3,24 +3,29 @@
 Load data necessary to test agora.
 """
 import typing as t
-from pathlib import Path
+from pathlib import Path, PosixPath
 
 import pytest
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def yaml_file():
-    return Path(__file__).parent / "data/parameters.yaml"
+def data_dir():
+    return Path(__file__).parent / "data"
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def yaml_file(data_dir: PosixPath):
+    return data_dir / "parameters.yaml"
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module", autouse=True)
-def parameters_example() -> t.Dict:
+def example_dict() -> t.Dict:
     return dict(
         string="abc",
         number=1,
         boolean=True,
         dictionary=dict(
-            empty_dict=dict(),
+            # empty_dict=dict(),
             string="def",
             number=2,
         ),
diff --git a/tests/agora/data/parameters.yaml b/tests/agora/data/parameters.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0967ef424bce6791893e9a57bb952f80fd536e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/agora/data/parameters.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}