diff --git a/DEVELOPMENT.md b/DEVELOPMENT.md
index 92bb7fb89..8854276a3 100644
--- a/DEVELOPMENT.md
+++ b/DEVELOPMENT.md
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ By default, `jest` will run in [CI mode](https://jestjs.io/docs/cli#--ci). This
 To update the snapshots, you will need to run the tests in local mode (so that the new snapshots are written to your filesystem) and pass the [`--updateSnapshot`](https://jestjs.io/docs/cli#--updatesnapshot) CLI flag to `jest`:
 
 ```bash
-DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS="--filter=\!./examples/* -- --updateSnapshot" pnpm test:local
+CI=1 DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS="--filter=\!./examples/* -- --updateSnapshot" pnpm test:local
 ```
 
-If you encounter any errors coming from existing snapshots that have to do with output formatting (i.e. difference in colored/uncolored output), see the [troubleshooting section below](#troubleshooting--updating-snapshots)
+If you encounter any errors coming from existing snapshots that have to do with output formatting (i.e. difference in colored/uncolored output), see the [troubleshooting section below](#troubleshooting--snapshots)
 
 #### Container logs
 
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ If you see this error, just follow turbo's lead and use:
 pnpm dev --concurrency 19
 ```
 
-#### Problems with snapshots
+#### Problems with snapshots <a id="troubleshooting--snapshots"></a>
 
 We use jest snapshots in a lot of places throughout the codebase. When an intentional change to the codebase is made and snapshots need to be updated, there are several ways of doing so:
 
 - Erase the original snapshot file and run the test. The snapshot will be recreated and the diff should only show your expected changes
-- Run the tests from within the affected package with `-u` flag. This will update the snapshots.
+- Run the tests from within the affected package with `--updateSnapshot` flag. This will update the snapshots.
 
 For some packages the snapshot output depends on environment variables and other factors. For example the `io-devtools` tests for printers have different output based on whether the active shell is`TTY` orwhether the `CI` environment variable is set and non-empty.
 
@@ -313,19 +313,6 @@ If you encounter errors when running these tests, just set the environment varia
 CI=1 pnpm test
 ```
 
-#### Problems with snapshot updating <a id="troubleshooting--updating-snapshots"></a>
-
-If snapshots are used in a test that relies on filesystem paths, the situation becomes a bit complex. In long term, we should steer away from this approach as it makes updating snapshots a bit cumbersome.
-
-Should you need to update snapshots for this kind of tests, follow these steps:
-
-- Go to `docker-compose.yaml` and find the `volumes` section of the `tests` service
-- Uncomment the line that says `./tests:/app/tests` - this will link the contain & host directories where the snapshots are being written
-- Run the tests and pass an `--updateSnapshot` flag to `jest`
-  - `DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS="--filter=\!./examples/* -- --updateSnapshots" pnpm test:ci` if you want to run all the tests
-  - `DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS="--filter=ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test -- --updateSnapshot" pnpm test:ci` if you want to only run a specific test suite
-- Profit
-
 ### Problems compiling with `forge`
 
 If running into issues when compiling or running tests using `forge`, make sure you're on a version newer than `01-05-2023`.
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 4d7f56504..25ccd079e 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ services:
       - DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS=$DOCKER_COMPOSE_RUN_TESTS_TURBO_ARGS
     volumes:
       - ./node_modules/.cache/turbo:/app/node_modules/.cache/turbo
-      # Uncomment these lines if you run into issues with outdated snapshots
-      #
-      # See DEVELOPMENT.md for more details on this issue
-      # - ./tests:/app/tests
       # Hardhat has an issue with caching compilers inside a docker container,
       # failing with EACCES -13 error, pointing to a permissions issue with the cache folder.
       #
diff --git a/packages/io-devtools/src/config/loading.ts b/packages/io-devtools/src/config/loading.ts
index 6c7fd7155..4f9d5ad8a 100644
--- a/packages/io-devtools/src/config/loading.ts
+++ b/packages/io-devtools/src/config/loading.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
 import { importDefault, isFile, isReadable } from '@/filesystem/filesystem'
 import { createModuleLogger } from '@/stdio/logger'
 import { printZodErrors } from '@/stdio/printer'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 
 export const createConfigLoader =
     <TConfig>(schema: z.ZodSchema<TConfig>, logger = createModuleLogger('config loader')) =>
     async (path: string): Promise<TConfig> => {
+        const absolutePath = resolve(path)
+        logger.verbose(`Resolved config file location for '${path}': '${absolutePath}'`)
+
         // First we check that the config file is indeed there and we can read it
-        logger.verbose(`Checking config file '${path}' for existence & readability`)
-        const isConfigReadable = isFile(path) && isReadable(path)
+        logger.verbose(`Checking config file '${absolutePath}' for existence & readability`)
+        const isConfigReadable = isFile(absolutePath) && isReadable(absolutePath)
         if (!isConfigReadable) {
             throw new Error(
                 `Unable to read config file '${path}'. Check that the file exists and is readable to your terminal user`
@@ -16,26 +20,26 @@ export const createConfigLoader =
         }
 
         // Keep talking to the user
-        logger.verbose(`Config file '${path}' exists & is readable`)
+        logger.verbose(`Config file '${absolutePath}' exists & is readable`)
 
         // Now let's see if we can load the config file
         let rawConfig: unknown
         try {
-            logger.verbose(`Loading config file '${path}'`)
+            logger.verbose(`Loading config file '${absolutePath}'`)
 
-            rawConfig = await importDefault(path)
+            rawConfig = await importDefault(absolutePath)
         } catch (error) {
             throw new Error(`Unable to read config file '${path}': ${error}`)
         }
 
-        logger.verbose(`Loaded config file '${path}'`)
+        logger.verbose(`Loaded config file '${absolutePath}'`)
 
         // It's time to make sure that the config is not malformed
         //
         // At this stage we are only interested in the shape of the data,
         // we are not checking whether the information makes sense (e.g.
         // whether there are no missing nodes etc)
-        logger.verbose(`Validating the structure of config file '${path}'`)
+        logger.verbose(`Validating the structure of config file '${absolutePath}'`)
         const configParseResult = schema.safeParse(rawConfig)
         if (configParseResult.success === false) {
             const userFriendlyErrors = printZodErrors(configParseResult.error)
diff --git a/packages/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat/src/utils/taskHelpers.ts b/packages/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat/src/utils/taskHelpers.ts
index 100e6c884..3f5436c3f 100644
--- a/packages/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat/src/utils/taskHelpers.ts
+++ b/packages/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat/src/utils/taskHelpers.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 import { createConfigLoader, printJson } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
 import { createEndpointV2Factory, createExecutorFactory } from '@layerzerolabs/protocol-devtools-evm'
 import { OAppOmniGraphHardhat, OAppOmniGraphHardhatSchema } from '@/oapp'
-import { resolve } from 'path'
 import { OAppOmniGraph } from '@layerzerolabs/ua-devtools'
 import { Logger } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
 
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ export async function validateAndTransformOappConfig(oappConfigPath: string, log
     /**
      * At this point we have a correctly typed config in the hardhat format
      */
-    const hardhatGraph: OAppOmniGraphHardhat = await configLoader(resolve(oappConfigPath))
+    const hardhatGraph: OAppOmniGraphHardhat = await configLoader(oappConfigPath)
     /**
      * We'll also print out the whole config for verbose loggers
      */
diff --git a/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__snapshots__/wire.test.ts.snap b/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__snapshots__/wire.test.ts.snap
index 67d8069a2..162dc94ac 100644
--- a/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__snapshots__/wire.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__snapshots__/wire.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file does not exist 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/does-not-exist.js'. Check that the file exists and is readable to your terminal user]`;
+exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file does not exist 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file './does-not-exist.js'. Check that the file exists and is readable to your terminal user]`;
 
-exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file is not a file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp'. Check that the file exists and is readable to your terminal user]`;
+exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file is not a file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file 'test/task/oapp/__data__/configs'. Check that the file exists and is readable to your terminal user]`;
 
-exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file is not a valid JSON or JS file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/README.md': SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<']`;
+exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail if the config file is not a valid JSON or JS file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file 'README.md': SyntaxError: Unexpected token '<']`;
 
 exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with a malformed JS file (001) 1`] = `
-[Error: Config from file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.001.js' is malformed. Please fix the following errors:
+[Error: Config from file 'test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.001.js' is malformed. Please fix the following errors:
 
 Property 'contracts.0.contract': Invalid input
 Property 'contracts.1.contract': Invalid input
 Property 'connections': Required]
 `;
 
-exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with a misconfigured file (001) 1`] = `[Error: Config from file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/valid.config.misconfigured.001.js' is invalid: AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Could not find a deployment for contract 'NonExistent']`;
+exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with a misconfigured file (001) 1`] = `[Error: Config from file 'test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/valid.config.misconfigured.001.js' is invalid: AssertionError [ERR_ASSERTION]: Could not find a deployment for contract 'NonExistent']`;
 
 exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with an empty JS file 1`] = `
-[Error: Config from file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.empty.js' is malformed. Please fix the following errors:
+[Error: Config from file 'test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.empty.js' is malformed. Please fix the following errors:
 
 Property 'contracts': Required
 Property 'connections': Required]
 `;
 
-exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with an empty JSON file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file '/app/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.empty.json': SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input]`;
+exports[`task lz:oapp:wire with invalid configs should fail with an empty JSON file 1`] = `[Error: Unable to read config file 'test/task/oapp/__data__/configs/invalid.config.empty.json': SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input]`;
diff --git a/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/wire.test.ts b/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/wire.test.ts
index d36342d4b..0255b44ae 100644
--- a/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/wire.test.ts
+++ b/tests/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat-test/test/task/oapp/wire.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import hre from 'hardhat'
 import { isFile, promptToContinue } from '@layerzerolabs/io-devtools'
-import { relative, resolve } from 'path'
+import { dirname, join, relative, resolve } from 'path'
 import { TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE } from '@layerzerolabs/ua-devtools-evm-hardhat'
 import { deployOApp } from '../../__utils__/oapp'
 import { cwd } from 'process'
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ describe(`task ${TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE}`, () => {
     const expectTransaction = { data: expect.any(String), point: expectOmniPoint, description: expect.any(String) }
     const expectTransactionWithReceipt = { receipt: expect.any(Object), transaction: expectTransaction }
 
-    const CONFIGS_BASE_DIR = resolve(__dirname, '__data__', 'configs')
+    const CONFIGS_BASE_DIR = relative(cwd(), join(__dirname, '__data__', 'configs'))
     const configPathFixture = (fileName: string): string => {
-        const path = resolve(CONFIGS_BASE_DIR, fileName)
+        const path = join(CONFIGS_BASE_DIR, fileName)
 
         expect(isFile(path)).toBeTruthy()
 
@@ -52,15 +52,17 @@ describe(`task ${TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE}`, () => {
         })
 
         it('should fail if the config file is not a file', async () => {
-            await expect(hre.run(TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE, { oappConfig: __dirname })).rejects.toMatchSnapshot()
+            const oappConfig = dirname(configPathFixture('invalid.config.empty.json'))
+
+            await expect(hre.run(TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE, { oappConfig })).rejects.toMatchSnapshot()
         })
 
         it('should fail if the config file is not a valid JSON or JS file', async () => {
-            const readme = resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', 'README.md')
+            const oappConfig = 'README.md'
 
-            expect(isFile(readme)).toBeTruthy()
+            expect(isFile(oappConfig)).toBeTruthy()
 
-            await expect(hre.run(TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE, { oappConfig: readme })).rejects.toMatchSnapshot()
+            await expect(hre.run(TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE, { oappConfig })).rejects.toMatchSnapshot()
         })
 
         it('should fail with an empty JSON file', async () => {
@@ -109,9 +111,9 @@ describe(`task ${TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE}`, () => {
             expect(promptToContinueMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
         })
 
-        it('should work with relative paths', async () => {
+        it('should work with absolute paths', async () => {
             const oappConfigAbsolute = configPathFixture('valid.config.empty.js')
-            const oappConfig = relative(cwd(), oappConfigAbsolute)
+            const oappConfig = resolve(oappConfigAbsolute)
 
             await hre.run(TASK_LZ_OAPP_WIRE, { oappConfig })