diff --git a/sbws/core/cleanup.py b/sbws/core/cleanup.py
index 9a04ec0ee9ce045806ce17b3263bc33f3baa24e8..aa16fbac5a1c80a929166e7dba86504ac4f12845 100644
--- a/sbws/core/cleanup.py
+++ b/sbws/core/cleanup.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def _check_validity_periods_results(
 
 
 def _clean_v3bw_files(args, conf):
-    v3bw_dname = conf['paths']['v3bw_dname']
+    v3bw_dname = conf.getpath('paths', 'v3bw_dname')
     if not os.path.isdir(v3bw_dname):
         fail_hard('%s does not exist', v3bw_dname)
     compress_after_days = conf.getint('cleanup',
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def _clean_v3bw_files(args, conf):
 
 
 def _clean_result_files(args, conf):
-    datadir = conf['paths']['datadir']
+    datadir = conf.getpath('paths', 'datadir')
     if not os.path.isdir(datadir):
         fail_hard('%s does not exist', datadir)
     data_period = conf.getint('general', 'data_period')
@@ -174,10 +174,6 @@ def main(args, conf):
     :param argparse.Namespace args: command line arguments
     :param configparser.ConfigParser conf: parsed config files
     '''
-    datadir = conf.getpath('paths', 'datadir')
-    if not os.path.isdir(datadir):
-        fail_hard('%s does not exist', datadir)
-
     if not args.no_results:
         _clean_result_files(args, conf)
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index eb8e3a17328c909cbfc0d15752c353322d0e3090..7109cc5c78cdf1706bafc30fabc64db90ecd3279 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ commands =
     ; This add around 3min more to the tests
     sbws -c {toxinidir}/tests/integration/sbws_testnet.ini scanner
     coverage run -a --rcfile={toxinidir}/.coveragerc --source=sbws -m pytest -s {toxinidir}/tests/integration -vv
+    sbws -c {toxinidir}/tests/integration/sbws_testnet.ini cleanup
     bash {envtmpdir}/net/stop.sh
     # no need to remove .tox/net directory.
     rm -rf /tmp/.sbws