diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 33a45b280..b44fef7a1 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
       name: pytest
     - script:
       - cp config.json.example config.json
-      - python freqtrade --datadir freqtrade/tests/testdata backtesting
+      - freqtrade --datadir freqtrade/tests/testdata backtesting
       name: backtest
     - script:
       - cp config.json.example config.json
-      - python freqtrade --datadir freqtrade/tests/testdata hyperopt -e 5
+      - freqtrade --datadir freqtrade/tests/testdata hyperopt -e 5
       name: hyperopt
     - script: flake8 freqtrade scripts
       name: flake8
diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/hyperopt_resolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/hyperopt_resolver.py
index 42e5ff31c..74412e738 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/hyperopt_resolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/hyperopt_resolver.py
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@ class HyperOptResolver(IResolver):
 
     __slots__ = ['hyperopt']
 
-    def __init__(self, config: Optional[Dict] = None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, config: Dict) -> None:
         """
         Load the custom class from config parameter
-        :param config: configuration dictionary or None
+        :param config: configuration dictionary
         """
-        config = config or {}
 
         # Verify the hyperopt is in the configuration, otherwise fallback to the default hyperopt
         hyperopt_name = config.get('hyperopt') or DEFAULT_HYPEROPT
@@ -63,17 +62,10 @@ class HyperOptResolver(IResolver):
             # Add extra hyperopt directory on top of search paths
             abs_paths.insert(0, Path(extra_dir))
 
-        for _path in abs_paths:
-            try:
-                (hyperopt, module_path) = self._search_object(directory=_path,
-                                                              object_type=IHyperOpt,
-                                                              object_name=hyperopt_name)
-                if hyperopt:
-                    logger.info(f"Using resolved hyperopt {hyperopt_name} from '{module_path}'...")
-                    return hyperopt
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                logger.warning('Path "%s" does not exist.', _path.relative_to(Path.cwd()))
-
+        hyperopt = self._load_object(paths=abs_paths, object_type=IHyperOpt,
+                                     object_name=hyperopt_name)
+        if hyperopt:
+            return hyperopt
         raise OperationalException(
             f"Impossible to load Hyperopt '{hyperopt_name}'. This class does not exist "
             "or contains Python code errors."
@@ -125,17 +117,10 @@ class HyperOptLossResolver(IResolver):
             # Add extra hyperopt directory on top of search paths
             abs_paths.insert(0, Path(extra_dir))
 
-        for _path in abs_paths:
-            try:
-                (hyperoptloss, module_path) = self._search_object(directory=_path,
-                                                                  object_type=IHyperOptLoss,
-                                                                  object_name=hyper_loss_name)
-                if hyperoptloss:
-                    logger.info(
-                        f"Using resolved hyperopt {hyper_loss_name} from '{module_path}'...")
-                    return hyperoptloss
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                logger.warning('Path "%s" does not exist.', _path.relative_to(Path.cwd()))
+        hyperoptloss = self._load_object(paths=abs_paths, object_type=IHyperOptLoss,
+                                         object_name=hyper_loss_name)
+        if hyperoptloss:
+            return hyperoptloss
 
         raise OperationalException(
             f"Impossible to load HyperoptLoss '{hyper_loss_name}'. This class does not exist "
diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
index 1065abba7..9d0c97917 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/iresolver.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import importlib.util
 import inspect
 import logging
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -64,3 +64,26 @@ class IResolver(object):
             if obj:
                 return (obj(**kwargs), module_path)
         return (None, None)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _load_object(paths: List[Path], object_type, object_name: str,
+                     kwargs: dict = {}) -> Optional[Any]:
+        """
+        Try to load object from path list.
+        """
+
+        for _path in paths:
+            try:
+                (module, module_path) = IResolver._search_object(directory=_path,
+                                                                 object_type=object_type,
+                                                                 object_name=object_name,
+                                                                 kwargs=kwargs)
+                if module:
+                    logger.info(
+                        f"Using resolved {object_type.__name__.lower()[1:]} {object_name} "
+                        f"from '{module_path}'...")
+                    return module
+            except FileNotFoundError:
+                logger.warning('Path "%s" does not exist.', _path.relative_to(Path.cwd()))
+
+        return None
diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/pairlist_resolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/pairlist_resolver.py
index 651a7d33f..3d95c0295 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/pairlist_resolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/pairlist_resolver.py
@@ -43,18 +43,10 @@ class PairListResolver(IResolver):
             current_path,
         ]
 
-        for _path in abs_paths:
-            try:
-                (pairlist, module_path) = self._search_object(directory=_path,
-                                                              object_type=IPairList,
-                                                              object_name=pairlist_name,
-                                                              kwargs=kwargs)
-                if pairlist:
-                    logger.info(f"Using resolved pairlist {pairlist_name} from '{module_path}'...")
-                    return pairlist
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                logger.warning('Path "%s" does not exist.', _path.relative_to(Path.cwd()))
-
+        pairlist = self._load_object(paths=abs_paths, object_type=IPairList,
+                                     object_name=pairlist_name, kwargs=kwargs)
+        if pairlist:
+            return pairlist
         raise OperationalException(
             f"Impossible to load Pairlist '{pairlist_name}'. This class does not exist "
             "or contains Python code errors."
diff --git a/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py b/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
index 4a5604db8..aa73327ff 100644
--- a/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
+++ b/freqtrade/resolvers/strategy_resolver.py
@@ -147,26 +147,19 @@ class StrategyResolver(IResolver):
                 # register temp path with the bot
                 abs_paths.insert(0, temp.resolve())
 
-        for _path in abs_paths:
+        strategy = self._load_object(paths=abs_paths, object_type=IStrategy,
+                                     object_name=strategy_name, kwargs={'config': config})
+        if strategy:
+            strategy._populate_fun_len = len(getfullargspec(strategy.populate_indicators).args)
+            strategy._buy_fun_len = len(getfullargspec(strategy.populate_buy_trend).args)
+            strategy._sell_fun_len = len(getfullargspec(strategy.populate_sell_trend).args)
+
             try:
-                (strategy, module_path) = self._search_object(directory=_path,
-                                                              object_type=IStrategy,
-                                                              object_name=strategy_name,
-                                                              kwargs={'config': config})
-                if strategy:
-                    logger.info(f"Using resolved strategy {strategy_name} from '{module_path}'...")
-                    strategy._populate_fun_len = len(
-                        getfullargspec(strategy.populate_indicators).args)
-                    strategy._buy_fun_len = len(getfullargspec(strategy.populate_buy_trend).args)
-                    strategy._sell_fun_len = len(getfullargspec(strategy.populate_sell_trend).args)
-                    try:
-                        return import_strategy(strategy, config=config)
-                    except TypeError as e:
-                        logger.warning(
-                            f"Impossible to load strategy '{strategy_name}' from {module_path}. "
-                            f"Error: {e}")
-            except FileNotFoundError:
-                logger.warning('Path "%s" does not exist.', _path.relative_to(Path.cwd()))
+                return import_strategy(strategy, config=config)
+            except TypeError as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Impossible to load strategy '{strategy_name}'. "
+                    f"Error: {e}")
 
         raise OperationalException(
             f"Impossible to load Strategy '{strategy_name}'. This class does not exist "
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py b/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
index 9a2c950e5..609cc58ff 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # pragma pylint: disable=missing-docstring, protected-access, C0103
 import logging
+import tempfile
 import warnings
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode
 from os import path
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def test_import_strategy(caplog):
 
 def test_search_strategy():
     default_config = {}
-    default_location = Path(__file__).parent.parent.joinpath('strategy').resolve()
+    default_location = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent.joinpath('strategy').resolve()
 
     s, _ = StrategyResolver._search_object(
         directory=default_location,
@@ -68,11 +69,15 @@ def test_load_strategy(result):
     assert 'adx' in resolver.strategy.advise_indicators(result, {'pair': 'ETH/BTC'})
 
 
-def test_load_strategy_base64(result):
-    with open("freqtrade/tests/strategy/test_strategy.py", "rb") as file:
+def test_load_strategy_base64(result, caplog):
+    with open("user_data/strategies/test_strategy.py", "rb") as file:
         encoded_string = urlsafe_b64encode(file.read()).decode("utf-8")
     resolver = StrategyResolver({'strategy': 'TestStrategy:{}'.format(encoded_string)})
     assert 'adx' in resolver.strategy.advise_indicators(result, {'pair': 'ETH/BTC'})
+    # Make sure strategy was loaded from base64 (using temp directory)!!
+    assert log_has_re(r"Using resolved strategy TestStrategy from '"
+                      + tempfile.gettempdir() + r"/.*/TestStrategy\.py'\.\.\.",
+                      caplog.record_tuples)
 
 
 def test_load_strategy_invalid_directory(result, caplog):