diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 08550a81f0..61ed5acdd2 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ Application::Application(int& argc, char** argv, QElapsedTimer& startupTimer, bo
 
                 QFileInfo fileInfo(path);
                 if (fileInfo.isDir() && fileInfo.isWritable()) {
-                    testResultsLocation = path;
+                    TestScriptingInterface::getInstance()->setTestResultsLocation(path);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -7591,8 +7591,8 @@ void Application::loadAvatarBrowser() const {
 void Application::takeSnapshot(bool notify, bool includeAnimated, float aspectRatio, const QString& filename) {
     postLambdaEvent([notify, includeAnimated, aspectRatio, filename, this] {
         // Get a screenshot and save it
-        QString path =
-            Snapshot::saveSnapshot(getActiveDisplayPlugin()->getScreenshot(aspectRatio), filename, testResultsLocation);
+        QString path = Snapshot::saveSnapshot(getActiveDisplayPlugin()->getScreenshot(aspectRatio), filename,
+                                              TestScriptingInterface::getInstance()->getTestResultsLocation());
 
         // If we're not doing an animated snapshot as well...
         if (!includeAnimated) {
@@ -7607,8 +7607,8 @@ void Application::takeSnapshot(bool notify, bool includeAnimated, float aspectRa
 
 void Application::takeSecondaryCameraSnapshot(const QString& filename) {
     postLambdaEvent([filename, this] {
-        QString snapshotPath =
-            Snapshot::saveSnapshot(getActiveDisplayPlugin()->getSecondaryCameraScreenshot(), filename, testResultsLocation);
+        QString snapshotPath = Snapshot::saveSnapshot(getActiveDisplayPlugin()->getSecondaryCameraScreenshot(), filename,
+                                                      TestScriptingInterface::getInstance()->getTestResultsLocation());
 
         emit DependencyManager::get<WindowScriptingInterface>()->stillSnapshotTaken(snapshotPath, true);
     });
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index d61e986e55..17e28f0e6e 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -419,8 +419,6 @@ public slots:
     void updateVerboseLogging();
     Q_INVOKABLE void openAndroidActivity(const QString& activityName);
 
-    QString getTestResultsLocation() { return testResultsLocation; };
-
 private slots:
     void onDesktopRootItemCreated(QQuickItem* qmlContext);
     void onDesktopRootContextCreated(QQmlContext* qmlContext);
@@ -754,7 +752,6 @@ private:
     std::atomic<bool> _pendingIdleEvent { true };
     std::atomic<bool> _pendingRenderEvent { true };
 
-    QString testResultsLocation;
     bool quitWhenFinished { false };
 };
 #endif // hifi_Application_h
diff --git a/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.cpp b/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.cpp
index 15a024fa03..700994c517 100644
--- a/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ void TestScriptingInterface::clearCaches() {
 
 // Writes a JSON object from javascript to a file
 void TestScriptingInterface::saveObject(QVariant variant, const QString& filename) {
-    QString testResultsLocation = qApp->getTestResultsLocation();
-    if (testResultsLocation.isNull()) {
+    if (_testResultsLocation.isNull()) {
         return;
     }
 
@@ -176,11 +175,11 @@ void TestScriptingInterface::saveObject(QVariant variant, const QString& filenam
     QByteArray jsonData = jsonDocument.toJson();
 
     // Append trailing slash if needed
-    if (testResultsLocation.right(1) != "/") {
-        testResultsLocation += "/";
+    if (_testResultsLocation.right(1) != "/") {
+        _testResultsLocation += "/";
     }
 
-    QString filepath = QDir::cleanPath(testResultsLocation + filename);
+    QString filepath = QDir::cleanPath(_testResultsLocation + filename);
     QFile file(filepath);
 
     file.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
diff --git a/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.h b/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.h
index 4b469244d1..5666417727 100644
--- a/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/interface/src/scripting/TestScriptingInterface.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ class QScriptValue;
 class TestScriptingInterface : public QObject {
     Q_OBJECT
 
+public:
+    void setTestResultsLocation(const QString path) { _testResultsLocation = path; }
+    const QString& getTestResultsLocation() { return _testResultsLocation;  };
+
 public slots:
     static TestScriptingInterface* getInstance();
 
@@ -46,7 +50,6 @@ public slots:
     */
     void waitIdle();
 
-
     bool waitForConnection(qint64 maxWaitMs = 10000);
 
     void wait(int milliseconds);
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ public slots:
 
 private:
     bool waitForCondition(qint64 maxWaitMs, std::function<bool()> condition);
+    QString _testResultsLocation;
 };
 
-#endif // hifi_TestScriptingInterface_h
+#endif  // hifi_TestScriptingInterface_h