diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cff576..388e2d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ set (PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY "${concordia_SOURCE_DIR}/prod/resources")
 # ============================== #
 
 set (TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY "${concordia_SOURCE_DIR}/tests/resources")
-set (TEMP_WORD_MAP "temp_word_map.bin")
-set (TEMP_HASHED_INDEX "temp_hashed_index.bin")
-set (TEMP_MARKERS "temp_markers.bin")
-set (TEMP_SUFFIX_ARRAY "temp_suffix_array.bin")
 
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY}/temp)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY}/temp)
diff --git a/concordia-console/concordia-console.cpp b/concordia-console/concordia-console.cpp
index 23951e1..afaa27f 100644
--- a/concordia-console/concordia-console.cpp
+++ b/concordia-console/concordia-console.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     desc.add_options()
         ("help,h", "Display this message")
+        ("index,i", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(),
+                                 "Index directory (required)")
         ("config,c", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(),
                                  "Concordia configuration file (required)")
         ("simple-search,s", boost::program_options::value<std::string>(),
@@ -144,12 +146,20 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    std::string indexDirectory;
+    if (cli.count("index")) {
+        indexDirectory = cli["index"].as<std::string>();
+    } else {
+        std::cerr << "No index directory path given. Terminating."
+                                                                << std::endl;
+        return 1;
+    }
 
     try {
         std::cout << "\tInitializing concordia..." << std::endl;
         boost::posix_time::ptime time_start =
                         boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time();
-        Concordia concordia(configFile);
+        Concordia concordia(indexDirectory, configFile);
         boost::posix_time::ptime time_end =
                         boost::posix_time::microsec_clock::local_time();
         boost::posix_time::time_duration msdiff = time_end - time_start;
diff --git a/concordia/common/config.hpp.in b/concordia/common/config.hpp.in
index 51a8f5d..4f7bba5 100644
--- a/concordia/common/config.hpp.in
+++ b/concordia/common/config.hpp.in
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 #define CONCORDIA_VERSION_MINOR @CONCORDIA_VERSION_MINOR@
 
 #define TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY "@TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@"
-#define TEMP_WORD_MAP "@TEMP_WORD_MAP@"
-#define TEMP_HASHED_INDEX "@TEMP_HASHED_INDEX@"
-#define TEMP_MARKERS "@TEMP_MARKERS@"
-#define TEMP_SUFFIX_ARRAY "@TEMP_SUFFIX_ARRAY@"
 
 #define PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY "@PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@"
 
@@ -30,3 +26,7 @@ typedef @SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE@ SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE;
 // and the last SUFFIX_MARKER_SENTENCE_BYTES store the sentence length.
 
 #define CONCORDIA_SEARCH_MAX_RESULTS 3
+
+#define WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME "word_map.bin"
+#define MARKERS_FILE_NAME "markers.bin"
+#define HASHED_INDEX_FILE_NAME "hashed_index.bin"
diff --git a/concordia/concordia.cpp b/concordia/concordia.cpp
index e855dc6..7ca51c4 100644
--- a/concordia/concordia.cpp
+++ b/concordia/concordia.cpp
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ std::string Concordia::_libraryVersion = _createLibraryVersion();
 
 // ===========================================
 
-Concordia::Concordia(const std::string & configFilePath)
-                                         throw(ConcordiaException) {
+Concordia::Concordia(const std::string & indexPath,
+                     const std::string & configFilePath)
+                                         throw(ConcordiaException) :
+    _indexPath(indexPath) {
     _config = boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> (
                                 new ConcordiaConfig(configFilePath));
     _index = boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaIndex>(
-                        new ConcordiaIndex(_config->getHashedIndexFilePath(),
-                                           _config->getMarkersFilePath()));
+                                new ConcordiaIndex(_getHashedIndexFilePath(),
+                                                   _getMarkersFilePath()));
     _searcher = boost::shared_ptr<IndexSearcher>(new IndexSearcher());
     _initializeIndex();
 }
@@ -101,14 +103,14 @@ std::vector<TokenizedSentence> Concordia::addAllExamples(
 }
 
 void Concordia::loadRAMIndexFromDisk() throw(ConcordiaException) {
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getWordMapFilePath())
-      && boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getHashedIndexFilePath())
-      && boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getMarkersFilePath())) {
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(_getWordMapFilePath())
+      && boost::filesystem::exists(_getHashedIndexFilePath())
+      && boost::filesystem::exists(_getMarkersFilePath())) {
         // reading index from file
         _T->clear();
         std::ifstream hashedIndexFile;
         hashedIndexFile.open(
-            _config->getHashedIndexFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
+            _getHashedIndexFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
                                 | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
         saidx_t hiFileSize = hashedIndexFile.tellg();
         if (hiFileSize > 0) {
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ void Concordia::loadRAMIndexFromDisk() throw(ConcordiaException) {
         // reading markers from file
         _markers->clear();
         std::ifstream markersFile;
-        markersFile.open(_config->getMarkersFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
+        markersFile.open(_getMarkersFilePath().c_str(), std::ios::in
                                          | std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
         saidx_t maFileSize = markersFile.tellg();
         if (maFileSize > 0) {
@@ -158,16 +160,17 @@ void Concordia::refreshSAfromRAM() throw(ConcordiaException) {
 
 void Concordia::_initializeIndex() throw(ConcordiaException) {
     _hashGenerator = boost::shared_ptr<HashGenerator>(
-                            new HashGenerator(_config));
+                            new HashGenerator(_indexPath,
+                                              _config));
     _T = boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<sauchar_t> >(
                                                   new std::vector<sauchar_t>);
     _markers = boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE> >(
                                          new std::vector<SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE>);
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getWordMapFilePath())
-      && boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getHashedIndexFilePath())) {
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(_getWordMapFilePath())
+      && boost::filesystem::exists(_getHashedIndexFilePath())) {
         loadRAMIndexFromDisk();
-    } else if (!boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getWordMapFilePath())
-      && !boost::filesystem::exists(_config->getHashedIndexFilePath())) {
+    } else if (!boost::filesystem::exists(_getWordMapFilePath())
+      && !boost::filesystem::exists(_getHashedIndexFilePath())) {
         // empty index
         _SA = boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<saidx_t> >(
                                                 new std::vector<saidx_t>);
@@ -233,7 +236,19 @@ void Concordia::clearIndex() throw(ConcordiaException) {
     _SA = boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<saidx_t> >(
                                             new std::vector<saidx_t>);
 
-    boost::filesystem::remove(_config->getHashedIndexFilePath());
-    boost::filesystem::remove(_config->getMarkersFilePath());
+    boost::filesystem::remove(_getHashedIndexFilePath());
+    boost::filesystem::remove(_getMarkersFilePath());
+}
+
+std::string Concordia::_getWordMapFilePath() {
+    return _indexPath+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME;
+}
+
+std::string Concordia::_getHashedIndexFilePath() {
+    return _indexPath+"/"+HASHED_INDEX_FILE_NAME;
+}
+
+std::string Concordia::_getMarkersFilePath() {
+    return _indexPath+"/"+MARKERS_FILE_NAME;
 }
 
diff --git a/concordia/concordia.hpp b/concordia/concordia.hpp
index 38bd034..ba168d9 100644
--- a/concordia/concordia.hpp
+++ b/concordia/concordia.hpp
@@ -38,10 +38,12 @@
 class Concordia {
 public:
     /*! Constructor.
+      \param indexPath path to the index directory
       \param configFilePath path to the Concordia configuration file
       \throws ConcordiaException
     */
-    explicit Concordia(const std::string & configFilePath)
+    explicit Concordia(const std::string & indexPath,
+                       const std::string & configFilePath)
                                          throw(ConcordiaException);
     /*! Destructor.
     */
@@ -163,10 +165,18 @@ public:
     void clearIndex() throw(ConcordiaException);
 
 private:
+    std::string _getWordMapFilePath();
+
+    std::string _getHashedIndexFilePath();
+
+    std::string _getMarkersFilePath();
+
     void _initializeIndex() throw(ConcordiaException);
 
     static std::string _libraryVersion;
 
+    std::string _indexPath;
+
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> _config;
 
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaIndex> _index;
diff --git a/concordia/concordia_config.cpp b/concordia/concordia_config.cpp
index 29e3080..23ff35c 100644
--- a/concordia/concordia_config.cpp
+++ b/concordia/concordia_config.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #include "concordia/common/logging.hpp"
 
 #define PUDDLE_TAGSET_PARAM "puddle_tagset_path"
-#define WORD_MAP_PARAM "word_map_path"
-#define HASHED_INDEX_PARAM "hashed_index_path"
-#define MARKERS_PARAM "markers_path"
 #define SUFFIX_ARRAY_PARAM "suffix_array_path"
 #define HTML_TAGS_PARAM "html_tags_path"
 #define STOP_WORDS_ENABLED_PARAM "stop_words_enabled"
@@ -25,12 +22,6 @@ ConcordiaConfig::ConcordiaConfig(const std::string & configFilePath)
                                                               +configFilePath);
     }
 
-    _wordMapFilePath =
-          ConcordiaConfig::_readConfigParameterStr(WORD_MAP_PARAM);
-    _hashedIndexFilePath =
-          ConcordiaConfig::_readConfigParameterStr(HASHED_INDEX_PARAM);
-    _markersFilePath =
-          ConcordiaConfig::_readConfigParameterStr(MARKERS_PARAM);
     _htmlTagsFilePath =
           ConcordiaConfig::_readConfigParameterStr(HTML_TAGS_PARAM);
     _stopWordsEnabled =
diff --git a/concordia/concordia_config.hpp b/concordia/concordia_config.hpp
index a7c12d6..5fbb3e7 100644
--- a/concordia/concordia_config.hpp
+++ b/concordia/concordia_config.hpp
@@ -24,30 +24,6 @@ public:
     */
     virtual ~ConcordiaConfig();
 
-    /*! Getter for word map file path.
-        For more information see \ref tutorial3.
-     \returns word map file path
-    */
-    std::string & getWordMapFilePath() {
-        return _wordMapFilePath;
-    }
-
-    /*! Getter for hashed index file path.
-        For more information see \ref tutorial3.
-     \returns hashed index file path
-    */
-    std::string & getHashedIndexFilePath() {
-        return _hashedIndexFilePath;
-    }
-
-    /*! Getter for markers file path.
-        For more information see \ref tutorial3.
-     \returns markers file path
-    */
-    std::string & getMarkersFilePath() {
-        return _markersFilePath;
-    }
-
     /*! Getter for html tags file path.
         For more information see \ref tutorial3.
      \returns html tags file path
@@ -91,12 +67,6 @@ public:
 private:
     libconfig::Config _config;
 
-    std::string _wordMapFilePath;
-
-    std::string _hashedIndexFilePath;
-
-    std::string _markersFilePath;
-
     std::string _htmlTagsFilePath;
 
     bool _stopWordsEnabled;
diff --git a/concordia/hash_generator.cpp b/concordia/hash_generator.cpp
index 89d5997..04c7f3c 100644
--- a/concordia/hash_generator.cpp
+++ b/concordia/hash_generator.cpp
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 
-HashGenerator::HashGenerator(boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config)
+HashGenerator::HashGenerator(std::string indexPath,
+                             boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config)
                                          throw(ConcordiaException) :
-    _wordMapFilePath(config->getWordMapFilePath()),
+    _wordMapFilePath(indexPath+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME),
     _wordMap(boost::shared_ptr<WordMap>(new WordMap)),
     _sentenceTokenizer(boost::shared_ptr<SentenceTokenizer>(
                                     new SentenceTokenizer(config))) {
diff --git a/concordia/hash_generator.hpp b/concordia/hash_generator.hpp
index e94f8d6..8c308c1 100644
--- a/concordia/hash_generator.hpp
+++ b/concordia/hash_generator.hpp
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ class HashGenerator {
 public:
     /*!
       Constructor.
+      \param indexPath path to the index directory
       \param config pointer to current config object
     */
-    explicit HashGenerator(boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config)
+    explicit HashGenerator(std::string indexPath,
+                           boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config)
                                             throw(ConcordiaException);
 
     /*! Destructor.
diff --git a/concordia/index_searcher.cpp b/concordia/index_searcher.cpp
index f257191..71a1b0c 100644
--- a/concordia/index_searcher.cpp
+++ b/concordia/index_searcher.cpp
@@ -62,16 +62,17 @@ SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE IndexSearcher::countOccurences(
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> hash =
                             hashGenerator->generateHash(pattern).getCodes();
 
-    // append sentence boundary marker, as we are looking only for exact sentence matches
+    // append sentence boundary marker,
+    // as we are looking only for exact sentence matches
     hash.push_back(INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE_MAX_VALUE);
-    
+
     saidx_t patternLength = hash.size()*sizeof(INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE);
     sauchar_t * patternArray = Utils::indexVectorToSaucharArray(hash);
 
     int size = sa_search(T->data(), (saidx_t) T->size(),
                          (const sauchar_t *) patternArray, patternLength,
                          SA->data(), (saidx_t) SA->size(), &left);
-                         
+
     SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE occurencesCount = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
         saidx_t resultPos = SA->at(left + i);
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE IndexSearcher::countOccurences(
     }
 
     delete[] patternArray;
-    
+
     return occurencesCount;
 }
 
diff --git a/concordia/t/test_concordia.cpp b/concordia/t/test_concordia.cpp
index 01cc31a..178f22c 100644
--- a/concordia/t/test_concordia.cpp
+++ b/concordia/t/test_concordia.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(concordia_main)
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaVersion )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     std::string version = concordia.getVersion();
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( version , "1.0");
 }
@@ -26,7 +27,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaVersion )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch1 )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     TokenizedSentence ts = concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada kota",14));
     /*
     0,3 type: 1 value: ala
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch1 )
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch2 )
 {
     // modified stop words to avoid anonymization 
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     std::vector<Example> testExamples;
     testExamples.push_back(Example("xto xjest okno",312));
     testExamples.push_back(Example("czy xjest okno otwarte",202));
@@ -128,7 +131,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch2 )
     
     */
     
-    Concordia concordia2 = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia2 = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     std::vector<MatchedPatternFragment> searchResult1 = concordia2.simpleSearch("xto xjest");
     std::vector<MatchedPatternFragment> searchResult2 = concordia2.simpleSearch("xjest okno");
 
@@ -156,13 +160,15 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch2 )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch3 )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     std::vector<Example> testExamples;
     testExamples.push_back(Example("2. Ma on w szczególności prawo do podjęcia zatrudnienia dostępnego na terytorium innego Państwa Członkowskiego z takim samym pierwszeństwem, z jakiego korzystają obywatele tego państwa.",312));
     testExamples.push_back(Example("czy xjest żółte otwarte",202));
     concordia.addAllExamples(testExamples);
     
-    Concordia concordia2 = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia2 = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     std::vector<MatchedPatternFragment> searchResult1 = concordia2.simpleSearch("on w szczególności prawo do podjęcia");
 
     concordia2.clearIndex();
@@ -175,7 +181,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSimpleSearch3 )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaAnubisSearch1 )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada kota",14));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada rysia",51));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Marysia posiada rysia",123));
@@ -220,7 +227,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaAnubisSearch1 )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSearch1 )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada kota",14));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada rysia",51));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Marysia posiada rysia",123));
@@ -292,7 +300,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSearch1 )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSearch2 )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     /*
     concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a cat", 56));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a dog", 23));
@@ -349,7 +358,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaSearch2 )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( Tokenize )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     TokenizedSentence ts = concordia.tokenize("  Ala    posiada kota");
     /*
     0,3 type: 1 value: ala
@@ -382,7 +392,8 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( Tokenize )
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConcordiaCountOccurences )
 {
-    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
+    Concordia concordia = Concordia(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(),
+                                    TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg"));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada kota",14));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada rysia",51));
     concordia.addExample(Example("Ala posiada kota",16));
diff --git a/concordia/t/test_concordia_config.cpp b/concordia/t/test_concordia_config.cpp
index dc05ec1..4e608d5 100644
--- a/concordia/t/test_concordia_config.cpp
+++ b/concordia/t/test_concordia_config.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(concordia_config)
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( ConfigParameters )
 {
     ConcordiaConfig config(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia-mock.cfg"));
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getWordMapFilePath() , "/tmp/wm.bin" );
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getHashedIndexFilePath() , "/tmp/hi.bin" );
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getMarkersFilePath() , "/tmp/ma.bin" );
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getHtmlTagsFilePath() , "/tmp/html_tags.txt" );
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getStopWordsFilePath() , "/tmp/stop_words.txt" );
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( config.getNamedEntitiesFilePath() , "/tmp/named_entities.txt" );
diff --git a/concordia/t/test_concordia_searcher.cpp b/concordia/t/test_concordia_searcher.cpp
index f8ab3fa..ff4f911 100644
--- a/concordia/t/test_concordia_searcher.cpp
+++ b/concordia/t/test_concordia_searcher.cpp
@@ -356,11 +356,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TmMatchesTest )
     SA[n]: 0  4  1  9  5  2 10  6  8 11  3  7 
     */
         
-    ConcordiaIndex index(TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath("temp",TEMP_HASHED_INDEX),
-                         TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath("temp",TEMP_MARKERS));
+    ConcordiaIndex index(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+HASHED_INDEX_FILE_NAME,
+                         TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+MARKERS_FILE_NAME);
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config(
                                 new ConcordiaConfig(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg")));
-    boost::shared_ptr<HashGenerator> hashGenerator(new HashGenerator(config));
+    boost::shared_ptr<HashGenerator> hashGenerator(new HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config));
 
     boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<sauchar_t> > T(new std::vector<sauchar_t>());
     boost::shared_ptr<std::vector<SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE> > markers(new std::vector<SUFFIX_MARKER_TYPE>());
@@ -428,9 +428,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TmMatchesTest )
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(patternIntervals123[1].getEnd(), 4);
 
 
-    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath("temp",TEMP_WORD_MAP)); 
-    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath("temp",TEMP_MARKERS)); 
-    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath("temp",TEMP_HASHED_INDEX)); 
+    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME); 
+    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+HASHED_INDEX_FILE_NAME); 
+    boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+MARKERS_FILE_NAME); 
 
 }
 
diff --git a/concordia/t/test_hash_generator.cpp b/concordia/t/test_hash_generator.cpp
index c1fd782..cf80ca4 100644
--- a/concordia/t/test_hash_generator.cpp
+++ b/concordia/t/test_hash_generator.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( SimpleHashTest )
 {
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config(new ConcordiaConfig(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg")));
     
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(config->getWordMapFilePath())) {
-        boost::filesystem::remove(config->getWordMapFilePath());      
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME)) {
+        boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME);      
     } 
     
-    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(config);
+    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config);
 
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> hash = hashGenerator.generateHash("Ala posiada kota").getCodes();
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> expected;
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TooLongHashTest )
 {
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config(new ConcordiaConfig(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg")));
     
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(config->getWordMapFilePath())) {
-        boost::filesystem::remove(config->getWordMapFilePath());      
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME)) {
+        boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME);      
     } 
     
-    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(config);
+    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config);
 
     std::stringstream ss;
     for (int i=0;i<65537;i++) {
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( HashSerializationTest )
 {
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config(new ConcordiaConfig(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg")));
     
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(config->getWordMapFilePath())) {
-        boost::filesystem::remove(config->getWordMapFilePath());      
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME)) {
+        boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME);      
     } 
     
-    HashGenerator hashGenerator1 = HashGenerator(config);
+    HashGenerator hashGenerator1 = HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config);
 
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> hash1 = hashGenerator1.generateHash("Ala posiada kota").getCodes();
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> expected1;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( HashSerializationTest )
 
     hashGenerator1.serializeWordMap();
    
-    HashGenerator hashGenerator2 = HashGenerator(config);
+    HashGenerator hashGenerator2 = HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config);
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> hash2 = hashGenerator2.generateHash("Ala posiada psa").getCodes();
     std::vector<INDEX_CHARACTER_TYPE> expected2;
     expected2.push_back(0);
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( TokenVectorTest )
 {
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcordiaConfig> config(new ConcordiaConfig(TestResourcesManager::getTestConcordiaConfigFilePath("concordia.cfg")));
     
-    if (boost::filesystem::exists(config->getWordMapFilePath())) {
-        boost::filesystem::remove(config->getWordMapFilePath());      
+    if (boost::filesystem::exists(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME)) {
+        boost::filesystem::remove(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath()+"/"+WORD_MAP_FILE_NAME);      
     } 
     
-    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(config);
+    HashGenerator hashGenerator = HashGenerator(TestResourcesManager::getTempPath(), config);
 
     TokenizedSentence tokenizedSentence = hashGenerator.generateHash("12.02.2014   o  godzinie 17:40 doszło do kolizji na ulicy Grobla; policjanci ustalili, że <b>kierowca</b> zaparkował  samochód.");
 
diff --git a/concordia/tutorial.dox b/concordia/tutorial.dox
index 481c4a0..e913bc3 100644
--- a/concordia/tutorial.dox
+++ b/concordia/tutorial.dox
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ File first.cpp:
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
     cout << concordia.getVersion() << endl;
 }
 \endverbatim
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ File simple_search.cpp:
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
 
     // adding sentences to index
     concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a cat", 56));
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ File concordia_searching.cpp:
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
     
     TokenizedSentence ts = concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a cat", 56));
     cout << "Added the following tokens: " << endl;
@@ -209,17 +209,6 @@ Every option is documented in comments within the configuration file.
 #---------------------------
 #
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The below set the paths for hashed index, markers array and word map files.
-# If all the files pointed by these paths exist, Concordia reads them to its
-# RAM index. When none of these files exist, a new empty index is created.
-# However, if any of these files exist and any other is missing, the index
-# is considered corrupt and Concordia does not start.
-
-hashed_index_path = "<CONCORDIA_HOME>/tests/resources/temp/temp_hashed_index.bin"
-markers_path = "<CONCORDIA_HOME>/tests/resources/temp/temp_markers.bin"
-word_map_path = "<CONCORDIA_HOME>/tests/resources/temp/temp_word_map.bin"
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The following settings control the sentence tokenizer mechanism. Tokenizer
 # takes into account html tags, substitutes predefined symbols
@@ -260,6 +249,7 @@ The full list of program options is given below:
 \verbatim
   -h [ --help ]                 Display this message
   -c [ --config ] arg           Concordia configuration file (required)
+  -i [ --index ] arg            Index directory path (required)
   -s [ --simple-search ] arg    Pattern to be searched in the index
   -n [ --silent ]               While searching, do not 
                                 output search results
@@ -277,12 +267,12 @@ From <CONCORDIA_HOME> directory:
 
 Read sentences from file sentences.txt
 \verbatim
-./build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ~/sentences.txt
+./build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i /tmp -c tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ~/sentences.txt
 \endverbatim
 
 Run concordia search on the index
 \verbatim
-./build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "some pattern"
+./build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i /tmp -c tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "some pattern"
 \endverbatim
 
 */
diff --git a/examples/concordia_search.cpp b/examples/concordia_search.cpp
index c99932c..45a4a29 100644
--- a/examples/concordia_search.cpp
+++ b/examples/concordia_search.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
     
     TokenizedSentence ts = concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a cat", 56));
     cout << "Added the following tokens: " << endl;
diff --git a/examples/first.cpp b/examples/first.cpp
index 9ac4bf9..8d9e161 100644
--- a/examples/first.cpp
+++ b/examples/first.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
     cout << concordia.getVersion() << endl;
 }
diff --git a/examples/simple_search.cpp b/examples/simple_search.cpp
index 9c02b55..4883896 100644
--- a/examples/simple_search.cpp
+++ b/examples/simple_search.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 int main() {
-    Concordia concordia(EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
+    Concordia concordia("/tmp", EXAMPLES_DIR"/../tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg");
 
     // adding sentences to index
     concordia.addExample(Example("Alice has a cat", 56));
diff --git a/prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in b/prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
index c14cb97..1616eb0 100644
--- a/prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
+++ b/prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@
 #---------------------------
 #
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The below set the paths for hashed index, markers array and word map files.
-# If all the files pointed by these paths exist, Concordia reads them to its
-# RAM index. When none of these files exist, a new empty index is created.
-# However, if any of these files exist and any other is missing, the index
-# is considered corrupt and Concordia does not start.
-
-hashed_index_path = "@PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_HASHED_INDEX@"
-markers_path = "@PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_MARKERS@"
-word_map_path = "@PROD_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_WORD_MAP@"
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The following settings control the sentence anonymizer mechanism. It is used to
 # remove unnecessary symbols and possibly words from sentences added to index
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-anubissearch.sh b/scripts/concordia-anubissearch.sh
index 5846737..2b9d03e 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-anubissearch.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-anubissearch.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -a "$1" 
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -a "$1" 
 
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-concordiasearch.sh b/scripts/concordia-concordiasearch.sh
index 899ad1e..9ec2f58 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-concordiasearch.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-concordiasearch.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "$1" 
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "$1" 
 
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-index-jrc.sh b/scripts/concordia-index-jrc.sh
index 695443d..6b9ed9c 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-index-jrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-index-jrc.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ echo "CONCORDIA INDEXER: Running Concordia"
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 
 echo "CONCORDIA INDEXER: reading from file"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
 
 
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-runner-jrc.sh b/scripts/concordia-runner-jrc.sh
index 1811b5f..064fa0e 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-runner-jrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-runner-jrc.sh
@@ -9,22 +9,22 @@ echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: Running Concordia"
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: reading from file"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
 
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: concordia searching for pattern: \"Współpraca Państw Członkowskich i Komisji Europejskiej\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "Współpraca Państw Członkowskich i Komisji Europejskiej"
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "Współpraca Państw Członkowskich i Komisji Europejskiej"
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: concordia searching for pattern: \"8. W odniesieniu do artykułu 45 ustęp 12\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "8. W odniesieniu do artykułu 45 ustęp 12"
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "8. W odniesieniu do artykułu 45 ustęp 12"
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: concordia searching for pattern: \"Prawo europejskie umożliwia handel zagraniczny\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "Prawo europejskie umożliwia handel zagraniczny"
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -x "Prawo europejskie umożliwia handel zagraniczny"
 
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"Parlamentu Europejskiego\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Parlamentu Europejskiego" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Parlamentu Europejskiego" -n
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"Dostęp do zatrudnienia\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Dostęp do zatrudnienia" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Dostęp do zatrudnienia" -n
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"Ma on w szczególności prawo do podjęcia zatrudnienia dostępnego na terytorium innego Państwa Członkowskiego z takim samym pierwszeństwem\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Ma on w szczególności prawo do podjęcia zatrudnienia dostępnego na terytorium innego Państwa Członkowskiego z takim samym pierwszeństwem" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "Ma on w szczególności prawo do podjęcia zatrudnienia dostępnego na terytorium innego Państwa Członkowskiego z takim samym pierwszeństwem" -n
 
 rm ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-runner-large.sh b/scripts/concordia-runner-large.sh
index e8c15be..8286406 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-runner-large.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-runner-large.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: Running Concordia"
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: reading from file"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/large.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/large.txt
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"drawn from his own\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "drawn from his own" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "drawn from his own" -n
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"it is\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "it is" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "it is" -n
 
 rm ../prod/resources/text-files/large.txt
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-runner.sh b/scripts/concordia-runner.sh
index 3cab4c5..e7c9b0c 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-runner.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-runner.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: Running Concordia"
 
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: reading from file"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/medium.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -r ../prod/resources/text-files/medium.txt
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"drawn from his own\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "drawn from his own"
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "drawn from his own"
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: searching for pattern: \"it is\""
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "it is" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "it is" -n
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-search.sh b/scripts/concordia-search.sh
index 0e729b7..ef18bb9 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-search.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-search.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "$1" -n
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -s "$1" -n
 
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-test-jrc.sh b/scripts/concordia-test-jrc.sh
index 2824f08..1881a6b 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-test-jrc.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-test-jrc.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: Running Concordia"
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: testing"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -t ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -t ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
 
 rm ../prod/resources/text-files/jrc_smaller.txt
diff --git a/scripts/concordia-test-medium.sh b/scripts/concordia-test-medium.sh
index 3138e3e..3e3c7ec 100755
--- a/scripts/concordia-test-medium.sh
+++ b/scripts/concordia-test-medium.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: Running Concordia"
 rm ../prod/resources/temp/*
 
 echo "CONCORDIA RUNNER: testing"
-../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -t ../prod/resources/text-files/medium.txt
+../build/concordia-console/concordia-console -i ../prod/resources/temp/ -c ../prod/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg -t ../prod/resources/text-files/medium.txt
 
diff --git a/tests/common/test_resources_manager.cpp b/tests/common/test_resources_manager.cpp
index ffd52f9..df6fbc4 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_resources_manager.cpp
+++ b/tests/common/test_resources_manager.cpp
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@ std::string TestResourcesManager::getTestFilePath(const std::string & module, co
     return result + "/" + module + "/" + filename;
 }
 
+std::string TestResourcesManager::getTempPath() {
+    std::string result = std::string(TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY);
+    return result + "/temp";
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/common/test_resources_manager.hpp b/tests/common/test_resources_manager.hpp
index 029e253..ca8a01c 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_resources_manager.hpp
+++ b/tests/common/test_resources_manager.hpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public:
 
     static std::string getTestFilePath(const std::string & module, const std::string & filename);
 
+    static std::string getTempPath();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia-mock.cfg b/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia-mock.cfg
index 6558a52..62000cd 100644
--- a/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia-mock.cfg
+++ b/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia-mock.cfg
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
 # Anubis score threshold
 anubis_threshold = "0.3"
 
-word_map_path = "/tmp/wm.bin"
-
-hashed_index_path = "/tmp/hi.bin"
-
-markers_path = "/tmp/ma.bin"
-
 html_tags_path = "/tmp/html_tags.txt"
 
 stop_words_enabled = "true"
diff --git a/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in b/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
index 5591f3b..f78e940 100644
--- a/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
+++ b/tests/resources/concordia-config/concordia.cfg.in
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@
 #---------------------------
 #
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# The below set the paths for hashed index, markers array and word map files.
-# If all the files pointed by these paths exist, Concordia reads them to its
-# RAM index. When none of these files exist, a new empty index is created.
-# However, if any of these files exist and any other is missing, the index
-# is considered corrupt and Concordia does not start.
-
-hashed_index_path = "@TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_HASHED_INDEX@"
-markers_path = "@TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_MARKERS@"
-word_map_path = "@TEST_RESOURCES_DIRECTORY@/temp/@TEMP_WORD_MAP@"
-
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The following settings control the sentence anonymizer mechanism. It is used to
 # remove unnecessary symbols and possibly words from sentences added to index