diff --git a/tests/backend/run_comprehensive_benchmarks.py b/tests/backend/run_comprehensive_benchmarks.py
index 19b8c79..1144896 100644
--- a/tests/backend/run_comprehensive_benchmarks.py
+++ b/tests/backend/run_comprehensive_benchmarks.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 
-# Ensure we can import meshchatx
-sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+_REPO_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", ".."))
+sys.path.insert(0, _REPO_ROOT)
 
 import json