diff --git a/tests/pytest/insert/binary.py b/tests/pytest/insert/binary.py
index 0cbb7876c6194041a160f8fee7271f0c76d3b90c..567a2eaad51f8607d92656529477a783547a1fc6 100644
--- a/tests/pytest/insert/binary.py
+++ b/tests/pytest/insert/binary.py
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdLog.debug("start to execute %s" % __file__)
         tdSql.init(conn.cursor(), logSql)
 
+    def getPath(self, tool="taos"):
+        selfPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+
+        if ("community" in selfPath):
+            projPath = selfPath[:selfPath.find("community")]
+        else:
+            projPath = selfPath[:selfPath.find("tests")]
+
+        paths = []
+        for root, dirs, files in os.walk(projPath):
+            if ((tool) in files):
+                rootRealPath = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(root))
+                if ("packaging" not in rootRealPath):
+                    paths.append(os.path.join(root, tool))
+                    break
+        return paths[0]
+
     def run(self):
         tdSql.prepare()
 
@@ -53,15 +70,31 @@ class TDTestCase:
         tdLog.info("tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '34567')")
         tdSql.checkData(0, 0, '34567')
         tdLog.info("insert into tb values (now+4a, \"'';\")")
-        config_dir = subprocess.check_output(str("ps -ef |grep dnode1|grep -v grep |awk '{print $NF}'"), stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=True).decode('utf-8').replace('\n', '')
-        result = ''.join(os.popen(r"""taos  -s "insert into db.tb values (now+4a, \"'';\")" -c %s"""%(config_dir)).readlines())
-        if "Query OK" not in result: tdLog.exit("err:insert '';")            
+        config_dir = subprocess.check_output(
+            str("ps -ef |grep dnode1|grep -v grep |awk '{print $NF}'"),
+            stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            shell=True).decode('utf-8').replace(
+            '\n',
+            '')
+
+        binPath = self.getPath("taos")
+        if (binPath == ""):
+            tdLog.exit("taos not found!")
+        else:
+            tdLog.info("taos found: %s" % binPath)
+
+        result = ''.join(
+            os.popen(
+                r"""%s -s "insert into db.tb values (now+4a, \"'';\")" -c %s""" %
+                (binPath, (config_dir))).readlines())
+        if "Query OK" not in result:
+            tdLog.exit("err:insert '';")
         tdLog.info('drop database db')
         tdSql.execute('drop database db')
         tdLog.info('show databases')
         tdSql.query('show databases')
         tdLog.info('tdSql.checkRow(0)')
-        tdSql.checkRows(0)
+        tdSql.checkRows(1)
 # convert end
 
     def stop(self):