diff --git a/bin/nuxr-nuxsh b/bin/nuxr-nuxsh
index 26b1bdd..e3dc22d 100755
--- a/bin/nuxr-nuxsh
+++ b/bin/nuxr-nuxsh
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ if [ -n  "$NUX_SCRIPT" ]; then
 
     compilefile=$(realpath "$NUX_SCRIPT" | md5sum | cut -d" " -f1)
     #FIXME: check if nux_cache should be used.
-    compilefile="/tmp/$compilefile.nuxr.nuxsh"
+    compilefile="$TMPDIR/$compilefile.nuxr.nuxsh"
     nux.log debug "Compiled script:" $compilefile
     nux.nuxsh.use "$NUX_SCRIPT" "$compilefile";
     NUX_NO_INCLUDE="no-include"