diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 41a9913..d80cc62 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pull_requests:
   do_not_increment_build_number: true
 skip_tags: true
 image: Visual Studio 2019
+#image: Ubuntu2004 #Sql server (2017) is uncontactable with the connectionstring below (it works on other build environments), issue raised: https://github.com/appveyor/website/issues/786
 configuration: Release
 shallow_clone: true
 dotnet_csproj:
diff --git a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/Execution/Vcdb.cs b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/Execution/Vcdb.cs
index 17b4852..06cafce 100644
--- a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/Execution/Vcdb.cs
+++ b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/Execution/Vcdb.cs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ private Options GetOptions(Scenario scenario, ScenarioSettings settings, string
             var options = new Options
             {
                 WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory,
-                AssemblySearchPaths = new[] { Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(typeof(Vcdb).Assembly.Location, $@"..\..\..\..\..\vcdb\bin\{BuildConfiguration.Current}\netcoreapp3.1")) },
+                AssemblySearchPaths = new[] { Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(typeof(Vcdb).Assembly.Location, "..", "..", "..", "..", "..", "vcdb", "bin", BuildConfiguration.Current, "netcoreapp3.1")) },
                 InputFile = settings.Mode == ExecutionMode.Deploy
                     ? GetInputFileName(scenario)
                     : null
diff --git a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
index a1da123..b9bb61e 100644
--- a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
+++ b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestBase.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ private IntegrationTestOptions GetOptions(string scenarioName)
                 ConnectionString = EnvironmentVariable.Get<string>($"Vcdb_{databaseProduct.Name}_ConnectionString") ?? databaseProduct.FallbackConnectionString,
                 ScenarioName = scenarioName,
                 MaxConcurrency = 10,
-                ScenariosPath = Path.GetFullPath("..\\..\\..\\..\\TestScenarios"),
+                ScenariosPath = Path.Combine("..", "..", "..", "..", "TestScenarios"),
                 MinLogLevel = LogLevel.Information,
                 UseLocalDatabase = EnvironmentVariable.Get<bool?>($"Vcdb_{databaseProduct.Name}_UseLocalDatabase") ?? EnvironmentVariable.Get<bool?>($"Vcdb_UseLocalDatabase") ?? false,
                 DatabaseProduct = databaseProduct
diff --git a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestScenarios.cs b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestScenarios.cs
index 5863e8c..e685e53 100644
--- a/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestScenarios.cs
+++ b/vcdb.IntegrationTests/IntegrationTestScenarios.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ protected IntegrationTestScenarios(string mode)
 
         private IEnumerable<IntegrationTestScenario> GetScenarioNames()
         {
-            var testScenarios = Path.GetFullPath("..\\..\\..\\..\\TestScenarios");
+            var testScenarios = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine("..", "..", "..", "..", "TestScenarios"));
             var filter = new ScenarioFilter(DatabaseProduct);
 
             foreach (var directory in Directory.GetDirectories(testScenarios))