3 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/leap/base/config.py b/src/leap/base/config.py
index 8455f9de..4d7db018 100644
--- a/src/leap/base/config.py
+++ b/src/leap/base/config.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(name=__name__)
 logger.setLevel('DEBUG')
 
 from leap.base import exceptions
+from leap.base import constants
 from leap.util.fileutil import (mkdir_p)
 
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def get_config_file(filename, folder=None):
 
 def get_default_provider_path():
     default_subpath = os.path.join("providers",
-                                   "default")
+                                   constants.DEFAULT_TEST_PROVIDER)
     default_provider_path = get_config_file(
         '',
         folder=default_subpath)
diff --git a/src/leap/base/constants.py b/src/leap/base/constants.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55308a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/leap/base/constants.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+"""constants to be used in base module"""
+
+# default provider placeholder
+# using `example.org` we make sure that this
+# is not going to be resolved during the tests phases
+# (we expect testers to add it to their /etc/hosts
+
+DEFAULT_TEST_PROVIDER = "testprovider.example.org"
diff --git a/src/leap/base/tests/test_config.py b/src/leap/base/tests/test_config.py
index 0a98dbaf..67be0e54 100644
--- a/src/leap/base/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/src/leap/base/tests/test_config.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import mock
 import requests
 
 from leap.base import config
+from leap.base import constants
 from leap.base import exceptions
 from leap.util.fileutil import mkdir_p
 from leap.testing.basetest import BaseLeapTest
@@ -215,7 +216,9 @@ class ConfigHelperFunctions(BaseLeapTest):
         """
         self.assertEqual(
             config.get_default_provider_path(),
-            os.path.expanduser('~/.config/leap/providers/default/')
+            os.path.expanduser(
+                '~/.config/leap/providers/%s/' %
+                constants.DEFAULT_TEST_PROVIDER)
         )
 
     # validate ip