diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b02dbeecf3..4a4442d359 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5085,6 +5085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiny-keccak",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
+ "uuid",
  "walkdir",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "wasmtimer",
diff --git a/sn_networking/Cargo.toml b/sn_networking/Cargo.toml
index 02a0bd6d65..c5cc9a820d 100644
--- a/sn_networking/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sn_networking/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ bls = { package = "blsttc", version = "8.0.1" }
 libp2p-identity = { version = "0.2.7", features = ["rand"] }
 quickcheck = "1.0.3"
 eyre = "0.6.8"
+uuid = { version = "1.5.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/sn_networking/src/record_store.rs b/sn_networking/src/record_store.rs
index 562f5265f5..88f0ca82bb 100644
--- a/sn_networking/src/record_store.rs
+++ b/sn_networking/src/record_store.rs
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ impl NodeRecordStore {
             })
             .count();
 
-        debug!("Relevant records len is {:?}", relevant_records_len);
+        debug!("Relevant records len is {relevant_records_len:?}");
         relevant_records_len
     }
 
@@ -945,9 +945,14 @@ mod tests {
     async fn get_records_within_distance_range() -> eyre::Result<()> {
         let max_records = 50;
 
+        let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir();
+        let unique_dir_name = uuid::Uuid::new_v4().to_string();
+        let storage_dir = temp_dir.join(unique_dir_name);
+
         // setup the store
         let store_config = NodeRecordStoreConfig {
             max_records,
+            storage_dir,
             ..Default::default()
         };
         let self_id = PeerId::random();