diff --git a/src/config/paths.test.ts b/src/config/paths.test.ts
index f25e5b0002..d06f6612d4 100644
--- a/src/config/paths.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/paths.test.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,24 @@ describe("state + config path candidates", () => {
   it("orders default config candidates in a stable order", () => {
     const home = "/home/test";
     const candidates = resolveDefaultConfigCandidates({} as NodeJS.ProcessEnv, () => home);
-    const expectedDirs = [".openclaw", ".clawdbot", ".moltbot", ".moldbot"];
-    const expectedFiles = ["openclaw.json", "clawdbot.json", "moltbot.json", "moldbot.json"];
-    const expected = expectedDirs.flatMap((dir) =>
-      expectedFiles.map((file) => path.join(home, dir, file)),
-    );
+    const expected = [
+      path.join(home, ".openclaw", "openclaw.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".openclaw", "clawdbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".openclaw", "moltbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".openclaw", "moldbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "openclaw.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "clawdbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "moltbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".clawdbot", "moldbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moltbot", "openclaw.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moltbot", "clawdbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moltbot", "moltbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moltbot", "moldbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moldbot", "openclaw.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moldbot", "clawdbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moldbot", "moltbot.json"),
+      path.join(home, ".moldbot", "moldbot.json"),
+    ];
     expect(candidates).toEqual(expected);
   });