diff --git a/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/java/com/android/security/autorepro_placeholder/HostsideTest.java b/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/java/com/android/security/autorepro_placeholder/HostsideTest.java
index 3d936ae..6aa6d8b 100644
--- a/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/java/com/android/security/autorepro_placeholder/HostsideTest.java
+++ b/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/java/com/android/security/autorepro_placeholder/HostsideTest.java
@@ -68,13 +68,15 @@
      */
     @Test
     public void testWithNativePoc() throws Exception {
+        final String resourcePath = "AutoReproPlaceholder/res.txt";
+
         NativePoc.builder()
                 // the name of the PoC
                 .pocName("ndkTest_AutoReproPlaceholder")
                 // extra files pushed to the device
-                .resources("AutoReproPlaceholder/res.txt")
+                .resources(resourcePath)
                 // command-line arguments for the PoC
-                .args("res.txt", "vulnerable")
+                .args(resourcePath, "vulnerable")
                 // other options allow different linker paths for library shims
                 .useDefaultLdLibraryPath(true)
                 // test ends with ASSUMPTION_FAILURE if not EXIT_OK
diff --git a/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/resources/AutoReproPlaceholder/README.md b/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/resources/AutoReproPlaceholder/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8179c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/submission/hostTest/src/main/resources/AutoReproPlaceholder/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+## All Hostside java resource files should be placed in this directory