diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index 36d6ba82c8..58bd72c40a 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ function configure_tempest {
     # NOTE(mtreinish): This must be done after auth settings are added to the tempest config
     local tmp_cfg_file=$(mktemp)
     cd $TEMPEST_DIR
-    tox -revenv -- verify-tempest-config -uro $tmp_cfg_file
+    tox -revenv -- verify-tempest-config -u -r -o $tmp_cfg_file
 
     local compute_api_extensions=${COMPUTE_API_EXTENSIONS:-"all"}
     if [[ ! -z "$DISABLE_COMPUTE_API_EXTENSIONS" ]]; then