diff --git a/crates/node/src/node_implementations/zombienet.rs b/crates/node/src/node_implementations/zombienet.rs
index 9a43f40..ca7e3a1 100644
--- a/crates/node/src/node_implementations/zombienet.rs
+++ b/crates/node/src/node_implementations/zombienet.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ impl ZombieNode {
         let base_directory = working_directory_path
             .join(Self::BASE_DIRECTORY)
             .join(id.to_string());
+        let base_directory = base_directory.canonicalize().unwrap_or(base_directory);
         let logs_directory = base_directory.join(Self::LOGS_DIRECTORY);
         let wallet = AsRef::<WalletConfiguration>::as_ref(&context).wallet();