diff --git a/config-standard/pom.xml b/config-standard/pom.xml
index e62f3760fde..eac0dfa8d81 100644
--- a/config-standard/pom.xml
+++ b/config-standard/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@
             <artifactId>powsybl-commons</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.jimfs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jimfs</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/config-standard/src/main/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardPlatformConfigProvider.java b/config-standard/src/main/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardPlatformConfigProvider.java
index fc5bc54551e..eea3edfcbbc 100644
--- a/config-standard/src/main/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardPlatformConfigProvider.java
+++ b/config-standard/src/main/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardPlatformConfigProvider.java
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ public String getName() {
      * "powsybl.config.dirs" or "itools.config.dir".
      * If none is defined, it defaults to the single directory ${HOME}/.itools.
      */
-    private static Path[] getDefaultConfigDirs(FileSystem fileSystem) {
+    static Path[] getDefaultConfigDirs(FileSystem fileSystem, String directories, String userHome) {
         Objects.requireNonNull(fileSystem);
-        String directories = System.getProperty("powsybl.config.dirs", System.getProperty("itools.config.dir"));
         Path[] configDirs = null;
         if (directories != null) {
             configDirs = Arrays.stream(directories.split(":"))
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ private static Path[] getDefaultConfigDirs(FileSystem fileSystem) {
                     .toArray(Path[]::new);
         }
         if (configDirs == null || configDirs.length == 0) {
-            configDirs = new Path[] {fileSystem.getPath(System.getProperty("user.home"), ".itools") };
+            configDirs = new Path[] {fileSystem.getPath(userHome, ".itools")};
         }
         return configDirs;
     }
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ private static Path[] getDefaultConfigDirs(FileSystem fileSystem) {
      * Configuration properties encountered in environment variables take precedence
      * over the values defined in config directories.
      */
-    private static ModuleConfigRepository loadModuleRepository(Path[] configDirs, String configName) {
+    static ModuleConfigRepository loadModuleRepository(Path[] configDirs, String configName) {
         List<ModuleConfigRepository> repositoriesFromPath = Arrays.stream(configDirs)
                 .map(configDir -> PlatformConfig.loadModuleRepository(configDir, configName))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -83,16 +82,15 @@ private static ModuleConfigRepository loadModuleRepository(Path[] configDirs, St
         return new StackedModuleConfigRepository(repositories);
     }
 
-    private static ModuleConfigRepository getDefaultModuleRepository(Path[] configDirs) {
-        String configName = System.getProperty("powsybl.config.name", System.getProperty("itools.config.name", "config"));
-        return loadModuleRepository(configDirs, configName);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public PlatformConfig getPlatformConfig() {
         FileSystem fileSystem = FileSystems.getDefault();
-        Path[] configDirs = getDefaultConfigDirs(fileSystem);
-        ModuleConfigRepository repository = getDefaultModuleRepository(configDirs);
+        String directories = System.getProperty("powsybl.config.dirs", System.getProperty("itools.config.dir"));
+        String configName = System.getProperty("powsybl.config.name",
+                System.getProperty("itools.config.name", "config"));
+        String userHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
+        Path[] configDirs = getDefaultConfigDirs(fileSystem, directories, userHome);
+        ModuleConfigRepository repository = loadModuleRepository(configDirs, configName);
         return new PlatformConfig(repository, configDirs[0]);
     }
 
diff --git a/config-standard/src/test/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardConfigTest.java b/config-standard/src/test/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardConfigTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9aef5c90da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config-standard/src/test/java/com/powsybl/configstandard/StandardConfigTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, RTE (http://www.rte-france.com)
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+package com.powsybl.configstandard;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import com.google.common.jimfs.Configuration;
+import com.google.common.jimfs.Jimfs;
+import com.powsybl.commons.config.ModuleConfigRepository;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.BufferedWriter;
+import java.nio.file.FileSystem;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class StandardConfigTest {
+
+    FileSystem fileSystem;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        fileSystem = Jimfs.newFileSystem(Configuration.unix());
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        fileSystem.close();
+    }
+
+    private List<String> getAbsolutePaths(String configDirs) {
+        Path[] paths = StandardPlatformConfigProvider.getDefaultConfigDirs(fileSystem, configDirs, "/");
+        return Arrays.stream(paths).map(Path::toAbsolutePath).map(Path::toString).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNoUserHome() {
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("/.itools"), getAbsolutePaths(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEmptyConfigDirs() {
+        // "FIXME: should return the same as with null but currently returns the working
+        // dir")
+        // assertEquals(Arrays.asList("/.itools"), getAbsolutePaths(""));
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("/work"), getAbsolutePaths(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testNormalConfigDirs() {
+        assertEquals(Arrays.asList("/foo", "/bar"), getAbsolutePaths("/foo:/bar/"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testModuleRepository() throws Exception {
+        try (BufferedWriter newBufferedWriter = Files.newBufferedWriter(fileSystem.getPath("/config.yml"))) {
+            newBufferedWriter.write("foo:\n bar: baz");
+        }
+        ModuleConfigRepository loadModuleRepository = StandardPlatformConfigProvider
+                .loadModuleRepository(new Path[] {fileSystem.getPath("/") }, "config");
+        assertEquals("baz", loadModuleRepository.getModuleConfig("foo").get().getStringProperty("bar"));
+    }
+}