diff --git a/scripts/smoke.sh b/scripts/smoke.sh
index 92816a6..025ee88 100755
--- a/scripts/smoke.sh
+++ b/scripts/smoke.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ code=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST "$API/users" "${J[@]}" -H
 
 say "library + bad-ext upload rejected + good upload + scan"
 mkdir -p deploy/api/storage/smoke-books
-LID=$(curl -sf "$API/libraries" "${J[@]}" -H "$AUTH" -d '{"name":"smoke","root_path":"/data/books/smoke-books"}' | sed -E 's/.*"id":([0-9]+).*/\1/' || true)
+LID=$(curl -sf "$API/libraries" "${J[@]}" -H "$AUTH" -d '{"name":"smoke"}' | sed -E 's/.*"id":([0-9]+).*/\1/' || true)
 [ -n "$LID" ] || LID=$(curl -fsS "$API/libraries" -H "$AUTH" | grep -oE '"id":[0-9]+,"name":"smoke"' | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d, -f1)
 [ -n "$LID" ] || die "no library id"
 printf 'x' > "$WORK/f"