diff --git a/packages/vue-router/README.md b/packages/vue-router/README.md
index 181e77e05..b05694c7b 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/README.md
+++ b/packages/vue-router/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import BugsnagPerformance from '@bugsnag/browser-performance'
 import { VueRouterRoutingProvider } from '@bugsnag/vue-router-performance'
 import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
 
+const base = 'my-app
+
 const router = createRouter({
-  history: createWebHistory('vue-router'),
+  history: createWebHistory(base),
   routes: [
     {
       path: '/',
@@ -20,16 +22,15 @@ const router = createRouter({
     {
       path: '/contacts/:contactId',
       name: 'contact',
-      component: () => import('../views/ContactView.vue')
+      component: () => import('./views/ContactView.vue')
     }
   ]
 })
 
-const basename = '/vue-router'
 
 BugsnagPerformance.start({
   apiKey,
-  routingProvider: new VueRouterRoutingProvider(router, basename)
+  routingProvider: new VueRouterRoutingProvider(router, base)
 })
 
 const app = createApp(App)
diff --git a/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/main.js b/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/main.js
index 2324bfc99..f990184f8 100644
--- a/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/main.js
+++ b/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { createApp } from 'vue'
+import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
+import HomeView from './views/HomeView.vue'
 import App from './App.vue'
 import router from './router'
 import BugsnagPerformance from '@bugsnag/browser-performance'
@@ -8,7 +10,24 @@ const parameters = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search)
 const apiKey = parameters.get('api_key')
 const endpoint = parameters.get('endpoint')
 
-const basename = '/vue-router'
+const base = '/vue-router'
+
+const router = createRouter({
+  history: createWebHistory(base),
+  routes: [
+    {
+      path: '/',
+      name: 'home',
+      component: HomeView
+    },
+    {
+      path: '/contacts/:contactId',
+      name: 'contact',
+      component: () => import('./views/ContactView.vue')
+    }
+  ]
+})
+
 
 BugsnagPerformance.start({
     apiKey,
@@ -16,7 +35,7 @@ BugsnagPerformance.start({
     maximumBatchSize: 13,
     batchInactivityTimeoutMs: 5000,
     autoInstrumentNetworkRequests: false,
-    routingProvider: new VueRouterRoutingProvider(router, basename)
+    routingProvider: new VueRouterRoutingProvider(router, base)
 })
 
 const app = createApp(App)
diff --git a/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/router/index.js b/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/router/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d6d7c7df..000000000
--- a/test/browser/features/fixtures/packages/vue-router/src/router/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { createRouter, createWebHistory } from 'vue-router'
-import HomeView from '../views/HomeView.vue'
-
-const router = createRouter({
-  history: createWebHistory('vue-router'),
-  routes: [
-    {
-      path: '/',
-      name: 'home',
-      component: HomeView
-    },
-    {
-      path: '/contacts/:contactId',
-      name: 'contact',
-      component: () => import('../views/ContactView.vue')
-    }
-  ]
-})
-
-export default router