diff --git a/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh b/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
index dd630e1b..f97cd718 100644
--- a/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
+++ b/test/persist/test_failure_indices.sh
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ for failIndex in $(seq $failsStart $failsEnd); do
     echo "* Test FailIndex $failIndex"
     # test failure at failIndex
 
-    bash ./test/utils/txs.sh "localhost:46657" &
+    bash $(dirname $0)/txs.sh "localhost:46657" &
     start_procs 1 "$failIndex"
 
     # tendermint should already have exited when it hits the fail index
diff --git a/test/utils/txs.sh b/test/persist/txs.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from test/utils/txs.sh
rename to test/persist/txs.sh