diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78a9f930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+NODE_PATH=./out
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index ecea784c..7720b1ee 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 {
     "typescript.preferences.importModuleSpecifier": "non-relative",
     "typescript.preferences.quoteStyle": "single",
-    "mochaExplorer.env": {
-        "NODE_PATH": "./out"
-    }
+    "mochaExplorer.envPath": ".env.test"
 }