diff --git a/test/amount-test.js b/test/amount-test.js
index de85aedb..62228dc2 100644
--- a/test/amount-test.js
+++ b/test/amount-test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ var nbi         = jsbn.nbi;
 var Amount      = require("../src/js/ripple/amount").Amount;
 var UInt160     = require("../src/js/ripple/uint160").UInt160;
 
-var config      = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(require('./config'));
+try {
+  var conf = require('./config');
+} catch(exception) {
+  var conf = require('./config-example');
+}
+
+var config = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(conf);
 
 // XXX Add test cases that push XRP vs non-XRP behavior.
 
diff --git a/test/base58-test.js b/test/base58-test.js
index 901f1e28..10ffd2ac 100644
--- a/test/base58-test.js
+++ b/test/base58-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ var buster      = require("buster");
 
 var Seed        = require("../src/js/ripple/seed").Seed;
 
-var config      = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(require('./config'));
+try {
+  var conf = require('./config');
+} catch(exception) {
+  var conf = require('./config-example');
+}
+
+var config = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(conf);
 
 buster.testCase("Base58", {
   "Seed" : {
diff --git a/test/sign-test.js b/test/sign-test.js
index 47d053f7..9dfa9c7d 100644
--- a/test/sign-test.js
+++ b/test/sign-test.js
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@ var buster      = require("buster");
 
 var Seed        = require("../src/js/ripple/seed").Seed;
 
-var config      = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(require('./config'));
+try {
+  var conf = require('./config');
+} catch(exception) {
+  var conf = require('./config-example');
+}
+
+var config = require('../src/js/ripple/config').load(conf);
 
 buster.testCase("Signing", {
   "Keys" : {