diff --git a/dreem/io/config.py b/dreem/io/config.py
index 53fd733..2147555 100644
--- a/dreem/io/config.py
+++ b/dreem/io/config.py
@@ -182,10 +182,17 @@ def get_data_paths(self, data_cfg: dict) -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]:
         label_files = vid_files = None
 
         if dir_cfg:
-            labels_suff = dir_cfg.labels_suffix
-            vid_suff = dir_cfg.vid_suffix
-            labels_path = f"{dir_cfg.path}/*{labels_suff}"
-            vid_path = f"{dir_cfg.path}/*{vid_suff}"
+            labels_suff = dir_cfg.get("labels_suffix")
+            vid_suff = dir_cfg.get("vid_suffix")
+            if labels_suff is None or vid_suff is None:
+                raise KeyError(
+                    f"Must provide a labels suffix and vid suffix to search for but found {labels_suff} and {vid_suff}!"
+                )
+            dir_path = dir_cfg.get("path", ".")
+            logger.debug(f"Searching `{dir_path}` directory")
+
+            labels_path = f"{dir_path}/*{labels_suff}"
+            vid_path = f"{dir_path}/*{vid_suff}"
             logger.debug(f"Searching for labels matching {labels_path}")
             label_files = glob.glob(labels_path)
             logger.debug(f"Searching for videos matching {vid_path}")
diff --git a/tests/test_config.py b/tests/test_config.py
index 74f8b36..b9d66d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_config.py
+++ b/tests/test_config.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def test_setter(base_config):
     assert cfg.cfg.test_config == -1
 
 
-def test_getters(base_config):
+def test_getters(base_config, sleap_data_dir):
     """Test each getter function in the config class.
 
     Args:
@@ -87,17 +87,38 @@ def test_getters(base_config):
 
     ds = cfg.get_dataset("train")
     assert ds.clip_length == 4
+    assert len(ds.label_files) == len(ds.vid_files) == 1
     ds = cfg.get_dataset("val")
     assert ds.clip_length == 8
     ds = cfg.get_dataset("test")
     assert ds.clip_length == 16
 
+    cfg.set_hparams(
+        {
+            "dataset.train_dataset.dir": {
+                "path": sleap_data_dir,
+                "labels_suffix": ".slp",
+                "vid_suffix": ".mp4",
+            }
+        }
+    )
+    ds = cfg.get_dataset("train")
+    assert len(ds.label_files) == len(ds.vid_files) == 4
+
     optim = cfg.get_optimizer(model.parameters())
     assert isinstance(optim, torch.optim.Adam)
 
     scheduler = cfg.get_scheduler(optim)
     assert isinstance(scheduler, torch.optim.lr_scheduler.ReduceLROnPlateau)
 
+    label_paths, data_path = cfg.get_data_paths(cfg.get("train_dataset", {}))
+    assert label_paths is None and data_path is None
+
+    label_paths, data_path = cfg.get_data_paths(
+        {"dir": {"path": sleap_data_dir, "labels_suffix": ".slp", "vid_suffix": ".mp4"}}
+    )
+    assert len(label_paths) == len(data_path) == 4
+
 
 def test_missing(base_config):
     """Test cases when keys are missing from config for expected behavior.