diff --git a/godot_parser/util.py b/godot_parser/util.py
index 46783b1..74372f9 100644
--- a/godot_parser/util.py
+++ b/godot_parser/util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """ Utils """
+
 import json
 import os
 from typing import Optional
@@ -27,9 +28,9 @@ def stringify_object(value):
 
 
 def find_project_root(start: str) -> Optional[str]:
-    curdir = start
-    if os.path.isfile(start):
-        curdir = os.path.dirname(start)
+    curdir = os.path.realpath(start)  # Ensure start is a real path
+    if os.path.isfile(curdir):
+        curdir = os.path.dirname(curdir)
     while True:
         if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(curdir, "project.godot")):
             return curdir
diff --git a/tests/test_tree.py b/tests/test_tree.py
index 9cc1d65..8baea30 100644
--- a/tests/test_tree.py
+++ b/tests/test_tree.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 
 
 class TestTree(unittest.TestCase):
-
     """Test the the high-level tree API"""
 
     def test_get_node(self):
@@ -107,7 +106,6 @@ def test_dunder(self):
 
 
 class TestInheritedScenes(unittest.TestCase):
-
     """Test the the high-level tree API for inherited scenes"""
 
     project_dir = None
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ class TestInheritedScenes(unittest.TestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(TestInheritedScenes, cls).setUpClass()
-        cls.project_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        cls.project_dir = os.path.realpath(tempfile.mkdtemp())
         with open(
             os.path.join(cls.project_dir, "project.godot"), "w", encoding="utf-8"
         ) as ofile:
@@ -300,7 +298,6 @@ def test_missing_ext_resource(self):
 
 
 class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
-
     """Tests for util"""
 
     def test_bad_gdpath(self):