diff --git a/functional/FunctionalTest.java b/functional/FunctionalTest.java
index 86b359ec8..e7d764515 100644
--- a/functional/FunctionalTest.java
+++ b/functional/FunctionalTest.java
@@ -3839,8 +3839,8 @@ public static Process runMinio(boolean tls) throws Exception {
               "server",
               "--address",
               ":9001",
-              "--config-dir",
-              ".cfg",
+              "--certs-dir",
+              ".cfg/certs",
               ".d{1...4}");
     } else {
       pb = new ProcessBuilder(binaryPath.getPath(), "server", ".d{1...4}");