From 5c50a4efadd365a569014016a2756de7e1dc5a8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kieran Prasch <kieran@nucypher.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:27:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure config_root is preserved on BaseConfiguration init.

---
 nucypher/config/base.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/nucypher/config/base.py b/nucypher/config/base.py
index 8155df56d..660afc30a 100644
--- a/nucypher/config/base.py
+++ b/nucypher/config/base.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ class BaseConfiguration(ABC):
                  *args, **kwargs):
 
         self.config_root = config_root or self.DEFAULT_CONFIG_ROOT
-        self.filepath = filepath or self.default_filepath()
+        if not filepath:
+            filepath = os.path.join(self.config_root, self.generate_filename())
+        self.filepath = filepath
         super().__init__()
 
     def __eq__(self, other):