diff --git a/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/hadoop/CassandraInputFormatIT.java b/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/hadoop/CassandraInputFormatIT.java
index c8d0627563..95a6c7d0e8 100644
--- a/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/hadoop/CassandraInputFormatIT.java
+++ b/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/hadoop/CassandraInputFormatIT.java
@@ -14,16 +14,28 @@
 
 package org.janusgraph.hadoop;
 
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
+import org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration;
 import org.janusgraph.CassandraStorageSetup;
 import org.janusgraph.diskstorage.configuration.ModifiableConfiguration;
 import org.janusgraph.diskstorage.configuration.WriteConfiguration;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.Graph;
 import org.apache.tinkerpop.gremlin.structure.util.GraphFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
 public class CassandraInputFormatIT extends AbstractInputFormatIT {
 
-    protected Graph getGraph() {
-        return GraphFactory.open("target/test-classes/cassandra-read.properties");
+    protected Graph getGraph() throws ConfigurationException, IOException {
+        final PropertiesConfiguration config = new PropertiesConfiguration("target/test-classes/cassandra-read.properties");
+        Path baseOutDir = Paths.get((String) config.getProperty("gremlin.hadoop.outputLocation"));
+        baseOutDir.toFile().mkdirs();
+        String outDir = Files.createTempDirectory(baseOutDir, null).toAbsolutePath().toString();
+        config.setProperty("gremlin.hadoop.outputLocation", outDir);
+        return GraphFactory.open(config);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/resources/cassandra-read.properties b/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/resources/cassandra-read.properties
index e27cc5272b..507ca41342 100644
--- a/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/resources/cassandra-read.properties
+++ b/janusgraph-hadoop-parent/janusgraph-hadoop-core/src/test/resources/cassandra-read.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gremlin.hadoop.graphOutputFormat=org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.lib.output.NullOutp
 
 gremlin.hadoop.jarsInDistributedCache=true
 gremlin.hadoop.inputLocation=none
-gremlin.hadoop.outputLocation=output
+gremlin.hadoop.outputLocation=target/output
 janusgraphmr.ioformat.conf.storage.backend=cassandrathrift
 janusgraphmr.ioformat.conf.storage.cassandra.keyspace=CassandraInputFormatIT
 janusgraphmr.ioformat.conf.storage.hostname=localhost