diff --git a/publish/rsync.sh b/publish/rsync.sh
index 1c61e14..6e815c8 100755
--- a/publish/rsync.sh
+++ b/publish/rsync.sh
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ fi
 # copy the source into the target
 rsync -arzq --protocol=28 ${SOURCE_PATH}/* $DESTINATION/${TARGET_PATH}/
 
+# given /downloads_htdocs/tools/mars/snapshots/builds/jbosstools-build-sites.aggregate.earlyaccess-site_master/B13-2015-03-06_17-58-07/all/repo/
+# return mars/snapshots/builds/jbosstools-build-sites.aggregate.earlyaccess-site_master
+PARENT_PATH=$(echo $TARGET_PATH | sed -e "s#/\?downloads_htdocs/tools/##" -e "s#/\?all/repo/\?##" -e "s#/\$##" -e "s#^/##" -e "s#\(.\+\)/[^/]\+#\1#")
+
 # for published builds on download.jboss.org ONLY!
 # regenerate http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/builds/${TARGET_PATH}/composite*.xml files for up to 5 builds, cleaning anything older than 5 days old
 if [[ ${TARGET_PATH/builds/} != ${TARGET_PATH} ]] && [[ ${DESTINATION} = "tools@filemgmt.jboss.org:/downloads_htdocs/tools" ]] && [[ -f ${WORKSPACE}/sources/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh ]]; then
-  # given /downloads_htdocs/tools/mars/snapshots/builds/jbosstools-build-sites.aggregate.earlyaccess-site_master/B13-2015-03-06_17-58-07/all/repo/
-  # return mars/snapshots/builds/jbosstools-build-sites.aggregate.earlyaccess-site_master
-  PARENT_PATH=$(echo $TARGET_PATH | sed -e "s#/\?downloads_htdocs/tools/##" -e "s#/\?all/repo/\?##" -e "s#/\$##" -e "s#^/##" -e "s#\(.\+\)/[^/]\+#\1#")
-  . ${WORKSPACE}/sources/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh -d ${PARENT_PATH} --no-subdirs --childFolderSuffix /all/repo/ --keep 5 --age-to-delete 5
-  . ${WORKSPACE}/sources/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh -d ${PARENT_PATH} --no-subdirs --childFolderSuffix /all/repo/ --regen-metadata-only 
+  PARENT_PARENT_PATH=$(echo $PARENT_PATH | sed -e "s#\(.\+\)/[^/]\+#\1#")
+  . ${WORKSPACE}/sources/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh -d ${PARENT_PARENT_PATH} --no-subdirs --childFolderSuffix /all/repo/ --keep 5 --age-to-delete 5
 fi
 
 wgetParams="--timeout=900 --wait=10 --random-wait --tries=10 --retry-connrefused --no-check-certificate -q"
diff --git a/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh b/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh
index 012cfd1..c051913 100755
--- a/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh
+++ b/util/cleanup/jbosstools-cleanup.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # clean JBT builds from sftp://tools@filemgmt.jboss.org/downloads_htdocs/tools/builds/nightly
 
-log=/tmp/${0##*/}.log.`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.txt
+#set up tmpdir
+tmpdir=`mktemp -d`
+mkdir -p $tmpdir
+
+log=${tmpdir}/${0##*/}.log.`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M`.txt
 
 echo "Logfile: $log" | tee -a $log
 echo "" | tee -a $log
@@ -131,10 +135,10 @@ clean ()
 						if [[ $delete -eq 1 ]]; then
 							if [[ $USER == "hudson" ]]; then
 								# can't delete the dir, but can at least purge its contents
-								rm -fr /tmp/$dd; mkdir /tmp/$dd; pushd /tmp/$dd >/dev/null
+								rm -fr ${tmpdir}/$dd; mkdir ${tmpdir}/$dd; pushd ${tmpdir}/$dd >/dev/null
 								rsync --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 -r --delete . tools@filemgmt.jboss.org:$sd/$dd 2>&1 | tee -a $log
 								echo -e "rmdir $dd" | sftp tools@filemgmt.jboss.org:$sd/
-								popd >/dev/null; rm -fr /tmp/$dd
+								popd >/dev/null; rm -fr ${tmpdir}/$dd
 							fi
 							echo "" | tee -a $log
 						else
@@ -175,11 +179,11 @@ regenProcess ()
 	if [[ $subdirCount -gt 0 ]]; then
 		siteName=${sd##*/downloads_htdocs/tools/}
 		echo "Generate metadata for ${subdirCount} subdir(s) in $sd/ (siteName = ${siteName}" | tee -a $log
-		mkdir -p /tmp/cleanup-fresh-metadata/
-		regenCompositeMetadata "$siteName" "$all" "$subdirCount" "org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.CompositeMetadataRepository" "/tmp/cleanup-fresh-metadata/compositeContent.xml"
-		regenCompositeMetadata "$siteName" "$all" "$subdirCount" "org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.artifact.repository.CompositeArtifactRepository" "/tmp/cleanup-fresh-metadata/compositeArtifacts.xml"
-		rsync --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 -q /tmp/cleanup-fresh-metadata/composite*.xml tools@filemgmt.jboss.org:$sd/
-		rm -fr /tmp/cleanup-fresh-metadata/
+		mkdir -p ${tmpdir}/cleanup-fresh-metadata/
+		regenCompositeMetadata "$siteName" "$all" "$subdirCount" "org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.metadata.repository.CompositeMetadataRepository" "${tmpdir}/cleanup-fresh-metadata/compositeContent.xml"
+		regenCompositeMetadata "$siteName" "$all" "$subdirCount" "org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.artifact.repository.CompositeArtifactRepository" "${tmpdir}/cleanup-fresh-metadata/compositeArtifacts.xml"
+		rsync --rsh=ssh --protocol=28 -q ${tmpdir}/cleanup-fresh-metadata/composite*.xml tools@filemgmt.jboss.org:$sd/
+		rm -fr ${tmpdir}/cleanup-fresh-metadata/
 	else
 		echo "No subdirs found in $sd/" | tee -a $log	
 		# TODO delete composite*.xml from $sd/ folder if there are no subdirs present
@@ -212,3 +216,6 @@ regenCompositeMetadata ()
 for dir in $dirsToScan; do
 	clean $dir $numbuildstokeep $threshholdwhendelete
 done
+
+# purge temp folder
+rm -fr ${tmpdir}