diff --git a/src/test/python/domain/test_helper.py b/src/test/python/domain/test_helper.py
index 6d40f36..6af661f 100644
--- a/src/test/python/domain/test_helper.py
+++ b/src/test/python/domain/test_helper.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from src.main.python.ddadevops.domain import DevopsFactory, Devops
 
-
-def build_devops(overrides: dict) -> Devops:
+def devops_config(overrides: dict) -> dict:
     default = {
         "build_type": "IMAGE",
         "stage": "test",
@@ -14,4 +13,7 @@ def build_devops(overrides: dict) -> Devops:
     }
     input = default.copy()
     input.update(overrides)
-    return DevopsFactory().build_devops(input)
+    return input
+
+def build_devops(overrides: dict) -> Devops:
+    return DevopsFactory().build_devops(devops_config(overrides))
diff --git a/src/test/python/test_devops_build.py b/src/test/python/test_devops_build.py
index ca37caa..006d46b 100644
--- a/src/test/python/test_devops_build.py
+++ b/src/test/python/test_devops_build.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 from pybuilder.core import Project
 from src.main.python.ddadevops.domain.common import Devops
 from src.main.python.ddadevops.devops_build import DevopsBuild
+from .domain.test_helper import devops_config
 
 
 class MyDevopsBuild(DevopsBuild):
@@ -15,13 +16,6 @@ def test_devops_build(tmp_path):
     tmp_path_str = str(tmp_path)
 
     project = Project(tmp_path_str, name=project_name)
-    devops = Devops(
-        stage="test",
-        project_root_path=tmp_path_str,
-        module=module_name,
-        build_dir_name=build_dir,
-    )
-
-    devops_build = DevopsBuild(project, devops=devops)
+    devops_build = DevopsBuild(project, devops_config({}))
     devops_build.initialize_build_dir()
     assert os.path.exists(f"{devops_build.build_path()}")