diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e6260075..4ed3112c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       # publish artifacts to GitHub
       before_deploy:
       # bundle artifacts for publishing
-      - zip -r /tmp/sylph_artifacts.zip ~/sylph_artifacts
+      - zip -r /tmp/sylph_artifacts.zip /tmp/sylph_artifacts
       deploy:
         provider: releases
         skip_cleanup: true
diff --git a/example/sylph.yaml b/example/sylph.yaml
index b553da11..38b74a18 100644
--- a/example/sylph.yaml
+++ b/example/sylph.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ default_job_timeout: 7 # minutes, set at project creation
 
 tmp_dir: /tmp/sylph
 
-artifacts_dir: ~/sylph_artifacts
+artifacts_dir: /tmp/sylph_artifacts
 
 device_pools: