diff --git a/gns3server/controller/node.py b/gns3server/controller/node.py
index 440dd5d7..c6a046e4 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/node.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/node.py
@@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ class Node:
 
         try:
             if not val.startswith(":") and os.path.isabs(val):
-                server_config = Config.instance().get_section_config("Server")
-                default_symbol_directory = os.path.expanduser(server_config.get("images_path", "~/GNS3/symbols"))
+                default_symbol_directory = Config.instance().settings.Server.symbols_path
                 if os.path.commonprefix([default_symbol_directory, val]) != default_symbol_directory:
                     val = os.path.basename(val)
         except OSError:
diff --git a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
index 52e53d0d..429d7a7b 100644
--- a/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
+++ b/tests/compute/qemu/test_qemu_vm.py
@@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ async def test_run_with_kvm_linux(linux_platform, vm):
 async def test_run_with_kvm_linux_options_no_kvm(linux_platform, vm):
 
     with patch("os.path.exists", return_value=True) as os_path:
-        vm.manager.config.set("Qemu", "enable_kvm", True)
-        assert await vm._run_with_hardware_acceleration("qemu-system-x86_64", "-no-kvm") is False
+        vm.manager.config.settings.Qemu.enable_hardware_acceleration = True
+        assert await vm._run_with_hardware_acceleration("qemu-system-x86_64", "-machine accel=tcg") is False
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio