diff.go     |  2 +-
 dirsizer.go |  2 +-
 index.go    |  2 +-
 main.go     | 10 ++++++++++

diff --git a/diff.go b/diff.go
index dda4fd9ded52ee8109d30cbf1974527600de590be43819023d0df4ab8fbb91f4..31712d63aaff055dea895b639dbc85323a6ab1e46d393ae7a232f2a4b80d9f1d 100644
--- a/diff.go
+++ b/diff.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ 	_, err = db.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
-	tmp0, err := os.CreateTemp("", "glocate-idx")
+	tmp0, err := os.CreateTemp(TmpDir, "glocate-idx")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
diff --git a/dirsizer.go b/dirsizer.go
index fda37f4fe46098cf687690e5e03984aba77f952ed5814359e94deefcccbbbdb3..18b705c6cf16f41827449d4dadb422f06c39501a55c567042a6a435cab026ba6 100644
--- a/dirsizer.go
+++ b/dirsizer.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ 	_, err := src.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
-	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp("", "glocate-idx")
+	tmp, err := os.CreateTemp(TmpDir, "glocate-idx")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
diff --git a/index.go b/index.go
index c05e4c0b84d35c2d6d49beede0faf14c8f985fd98f2d42c1bf11a336f2f49381..0445ceecdeb6a35354279576b0543f22714fb34c814e4651def64740703725f5 100644
--- a/index.go
+++ b/index.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 	"os"
 )
 
 func index() *os.File {
-	tmp0, err := os.CreateTemp("", "glocate-idx")
+	tmp0, err := os.CreateTemp(TmpDir, "glocate-idx")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalln(err)
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index affdffc8d95d0c7179d7cc9359c524cb8f963669053a888a9da1f6d8b3e237e5..c18be4409d252ffa15b06e852f3a9f8b23fcf6339038057ae82c20a429f934bd 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 )
+
+var TmpDir string
 
 type Ent struct {
 	name  []string
@@ -40,6 +43,13 @@ 	dryRun := flag.Bool("n", false, "Dry run, do not overwrite database")
 	rootPath := flag.String("root", "", "Search only that part of tree")
 	flag.Parse()
 	log.SetFlags(log.Ldate | log.Ltime | log.Lmicroseconds | log.Lshortfile)
+
+	var err error
+	TmpDir, err = filepath.Abs(*dbPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	TmpDir = path.Dir(TmpDir)
 
 	if *doIndex {
 		tmp := index()