diff --git a/tests/owilix/core/tasks/test_remote.py b/tests/owilix/core/tasks/test_remote.py
index 5f3d98c..9ef8df7 100644
--- a/tests/owilix/core/tasks/test_remote.py
+++ b/tests/owilix/core/tasks/test_remote.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import json
 import os
 import tempfile
 from collections import Counter
+from pathlib import Path
 from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch, PropertyMock
 
@@ -780,12 +781,22 @@ class TestRemotePull:
         ds = _make_mock_dataset()
         manager = _make_mock_manager(datasets=[ds])
         manager.remote_data.files.return_value = []
+        # remote_pull writes sync sidecars under the *local* dataset path
+        # (_write_pull_sidecars -> core/sync.py). Left as a bare MagicMock, that
+        # path resolves through __fspath__ to a repr-derived relative path and
+        # the run mkdirs `MagicMock/mock.local.create().path/<id>/` into the
+        # current working directory -- i.e. into the repo. Point it at tmp_path.
+        local_target = tmp_path / "pulled-dataset"
+        local_target.mkdir()
+        manager.local.create.return_value.path = str(local_target)
 
         result = remote_pull(
             manager, specifier="dc1/public", files="['**/*']", console=MagicMock()
         )
 
         assert result.success is True
+        # The sidecars belong to the dataset, not to wherever the process ran.
+        assert not (Path.cwd() / "MagicMock").exists()
 
     @patch("owilix.core.tasks.remote.ask_yes_no", return_value=False)
     def test_user_declines(self, mock_ask):