diff --git a/tests/test_nearley/test_nearley.py b/tests/test_nearley/test_nearley.py
index 7795a83..497165b 100644
--- a/tests/test_nearley/test_nearley.py
+++ b/tests/test_nearley/test_nearley.py
@@ -14,43 +14,11 @@ BUILTIN_PATH = os.path.join(NEARLEY_PATH, 'builtin')
 
 class TestNearley(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_css(self):
-        css_example_grammar = """
-        # http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#colorunits
-
-        @builtin "whitespace.ne"
-        @builtin "number.ne"
-        @builtin "postprocessors.ne"
-
-        csscolor -> "#" hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit {%
-            function(d) {
-                return {
-                    "r": parseInt(d[1]+d[2], 16),
-                    "g": parseInt(d[3]+d[4], 16),
-                    "b": parseInt(d[5]+d[6], 16),
-                }
-            }
-        %}
-                  | "#" hexdigit hexdigit hexdigit {%
-            function(d) {
-                return {
-                    "r": parseInt(d[1]+d[1], 16),
-                    "g": parseInt(d[2]+d[2], 16),
-                    "b": parseInt(d[3]+d[3], 16),
-                }
-            }
-        %}
-                  | "rgb"  _ "(" _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ ")" {% $({"r": 4, "g": 8, "b": 12}) %}
-                  | "hsl"  _ "(" _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ ")" {% $({"h": 4, "s": 8, "l": 12}) %}
-                  | "rgba" _ "(" _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ decimal _ ")" {% $({"r": 4, "g": 8, "b": 12, "a": 16}) %}
-                  | "hsla" _ "(" _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ colnum _ "," _ decimal _ ")" {% $({"h": 4, "s": 8, "l": 12, "a": 16}) %}
-
-        hexdigit -> [a-fA-F0-9]
-        colnum -> unsigned_int {% id %} | percentage {%
-            function(d) {return Math.floor(d[0]*255); }
-        %}
-        """
+        fn = os.path.join(NEARLEY_PATH, 'examples/csscolor.ne')
+        with open(fn) as f:
+            grammar = f.read()
 
-        code = create_code_for_nearley_grammar(css_example_grammar, 'csscolor', BUILTIN_PATH, './')
+        code = create_code_for_nearley_grammar(grammar, 'csscolor', BUILTIN_PATH, os.path.dirname(fn))
         d = {}
         exec (code, d)
         parse = d['parse']