diff --git a/bitrepository-reference-pillar/src/test/java/org/bitrepository/pillar/integration/perf/GetFileStressIT.java b/bitrepository-reference-pillar/src/test/java/org/bitrepository/pillar/integration/perf/GetFileStressIT.java
index 1f9136351..1de71090d 100644
--- a/bitrepository-reference-pillar/src/test/java/org/bitrepository/pillar/integration/perf/GetFileStressIT.java
+++ b/bitrepository-reference-pillar/src/test/java/org/bitrepository/pillar/integration/perf/GetFileStressIT.java
@@ -33,25 +33,23 @@
 import org.bitrepository.pillar.integration.perf.metrics.Metrics;
 import org.bitrepository.pillar.messagefactories.GetFileMessageFactory;
 import org.bitrepository.protocol.bus.MessageReceiver;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledIf;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledIfSystemProperty;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.nio.file.DirectoryStream;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-import java.nio.file.Paths;
 
 import static org.bitrepository.common.utils.AllureTestUtils.addDescription;
 import static org.bitrepository.common.utils.AllureTestUtils.addStep;
 
 @EnabledIfSystemProperty(named = "runStressTests", matches = "true")
 public class GetFileStressIT extends PillarPerformanceIT {
-    public static final String FOLDER_NAME = "src/test/resources";
+    @TempDir
+    static Path tempDir;
     protected GetFileClient getFileClient;
 
     @BeforeEach
@@ -61,22 +59,6 @@ settingsForTestClient, createSecurityManager(), settingsForTestClient.getCompone
         );
     }
 
-    @AfterAll
-    static void removeUnnecessaryFiles() throws IOException {
-        removeFiles("noIdentfy", FOLDER_NAME);
-        removeFiles("parallel", FOLDER_NAME);
-        removeFiles("single", FOLDER_NAME);
-    }
-
-    private static void removeFiles(String fileStartsWith, String folderName) throws IOException {
-        Path directory = Paths.get(folderName);
-        try (DirectoryStream<Path> stream = Files.newDirectoryStream(directory, fileStartsWith + "*")) {
-            for (Path entry : stream) {
-                Files.delete(entry);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     @Test
     @Tag(PillarTestGroups.PILLAR_STRESS_TEST)
     void singleGetFilePerformanceTest() throws Exception {
@@ -116,6 +98,7 @@ void parallelGetFilePerformanceTest() throws Exception {
         EventHandler eventHandler = new OperationEventHandlerForMetrics(metrics, getLimiter);
         for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfFiles; i++) {
             getLimiter.addJob(defaultFileId);
+            URL testUrl = httpServerConfiguration.getURL(nonDefaultFileId + "-" + i);
             getFileClient.getFileFromSpecificPillar(
                     collectionID, defaultFileId, null, httpServerConfiguration.getURL(nonDefaultFileId + "-" + i),
                     getPillarID(), eventHandler, " performing parallelGetFilePerformance");
@@ -146,11 +129,23 @@ void noIdentfyGetFilePerformanceTest() throws Exception {
         for (int i = 1; i <= numberOfFiles; i++) {
             String correlationID = msgFactory.getNewCorrelationID();
             getLimiter.addJob(correlationID);
+            String fileName = nonDefaultFileId + "-" + i;
+
+            // Ensure the source file exists in the temp directory so the server can serve it
+            Path sourceFile = tempDir.resolve(fileName);
+            if (!Files.exists(sourceFile)) {
+                Files.createFile(sourceFile);
+            }
+
+            // Create a unique destination path for each file within the temp directory
+            Path destinationFile = tempDir.resolve("noIdentfy-dest-" + i);
             GetFileRequest getRequest =
-                    msgFactory.createGetFileRequest("noIdentfyGetFilePerformanceTest", correlationID,
-                            httpServerConfiguration.getURL(nonDefaultFileId + "-" + i).toExternalForm(),
+                    msgFactory.createGetFileRequest(destinationFile.toAbsolutePath().toString(),
+                            correlationID,
+                            httpServerConfiguration.getURL(fileName).toExternalForm(),
                             defaultFileId, null, getPillarID(), getPillarID(),
                             settingsForTestClient.getReceiverDestinationID(), pillarDestination);
+            getRequest.setFileAddress("file:" + tempDir.toAbsolutePath().toString()+"/"+fileName);
             messageBus.sendMessage(getRequest);
         }
 
@@ -171,4 +166,4 @@ public String lookupGetFileDestination() {
         }
         return pillarDestination;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}