diff --git a/nix/tools/tests.nix b/nix/tools/tests.nix
index e0a11851b..36bf27b03 100644
--- a/nix/tools/tests.nix
+++ b/nix/tools/tests.nix
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ let
       }
       ''
         ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-build ${devCabalOptions} exe:postgrest
-        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/load.sql \
+        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/fixtures/load.sql \
           ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest --ignore=test/io/test_big_schema.py --ignore=test/io/test_replica.py -v test/io "''${_arg_leftovers[@]}"
       '';
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ let
       }
       ''
         ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-build ${devCabalOptions} exe:postgrest
-        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/big_schema.sql \
+        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/fixtures/big_schema.sql \
           ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest -v test/io/test_big_schema.py "''${_arg_leftovers[@]}"
       '';
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ let
       }
       ''
         ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-build ${devCabalOptions} exe:postgrest
-        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} --replica -f test/io/replica.sql \
+        ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec -- ${withTools.withPg} --replica -f test/io/fixtures/replica.sql \
           ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest -v test/io/test_replica.py "''${_arg_leftovers[@]}"
       '';
 
@@ -164,15 +164,15 @@ let
 
           # collect all tests
           HPCTIXFILE="$tmpdir"/io.tix \
-            ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/load.sql \
+            ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/fixtures/load.sql \
             ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec ${devCabalOptions} -- ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest --ignore=test/io/test_big_schema.py --ignore=test/io/test_replica.py -v test/io
 
           HPCTIXFILE="$tmpdir"/big_schema.tix \
-            ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/big_schema.sql \
+            ${withTools.withPg} -f test/io/fixtures/big_schema.sql \
             ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec ${devCabalOptions} -- ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest -v test/io/test_big_schema.py
 
           HPCTIXFILE="$tmpdir"/replica.tix \
-            ${withTools.withPg} --replica -f test/io/replica.sql \
+            ${withTools.withPg} --replica -f test/io/fixtures/replica.sql \
             ${cabal-install}/bin/cabal v2-exec ${devCabalOptions} -- ${ioTestPython}/bin/pytest -v test/io/test_replica.py
 
           HPCTIXFILE="$tmpdir"/spec.tix \
diff --git a/test/io/config.py b/test/io/config.py
index 5c531b709..74d754d16 100644
--- a/test/io/config.py
+++ b/test/io/config.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import yaml
 
 BASEDIR = pathlib.Path(os.path.realpath(__file__)).parent
 CONFIGSDIR = BASEDIR / "configs"
-FIXTURES = yaml.load((BASEDIR / "fixtures.yaml").read_text(), Loader=yaml.Loader)
+FIXTURES = yaml.load(
+    (BASEDIR / "fixtures/fixtures.yaml").read_text(), Loader=yaml.Loader
+)
 POSTGREST_BIN = shutil.which("postgrest")
 SECRET = "reallyreallyreallyreallyverysafe"
 
diff --git a/test/io/big_schema.sql b/test/io/fixtures/big_schema.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from test/io/big_schema.sql
rename to test/io/fixtures/big_schema.sql
diff --git a/test/io/db_config.sql b/test/io/fixtures/db_config.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from test/io/db_config.sql
rename to test/io/fixtures/db_config.sql
diff --git a/test/io/fixtures.yaml b/test/io/fixtures/fixtures.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from test/io/fixtures.yaml
rename to test/io/fixtures/fixtures.yaml
diff --git a/test/io/fixtures.sql b/test/io/fixtures/load.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from test/io/fixtures.sql
rename to test/io/fixtures/load.sql
diff --git a/test/io/replica.sql b/test/io/fixtures/replica.sql
similarity index 100%
rename from test/io/replica.sql
rename to test/io/fixtures/replica.sql