diff --git a/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py b/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
index ee0ec4e3c97774c3e879e34755440fb61ca0eed5..a1c44cb2b921673b51878c8db777fcc16acd25cf 100644
--- a/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
+++ b/eossr/scripts/tests/test_scripts.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ def test_help_all_scripts(script):
 
 def test_eossr_upload(tmpdir):
     _, path_test_filename = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmpdir, text='Hello World')
+    assert os.path.exists(path_test_filename)
     published = eossr_upload.upload(os.getenv('SANDBOX_ZENODO_TOKEN'), True, tmpdir)
     record_id = published.json()['id']
     _, path_test_filename = tempfile.mkstemp(dir=tmpdir, text='Hello World 2')
+    assert os.path.exists(path_test_filename)
     published = eossr_upload.upload(os.getenv('SANDBOX_ZENODO_TOKEN'), True, tmpdir, record_id)