diff --git a/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go b/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
index bbad3cf4c..debb3f0d6 100644
--- a/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
+++ b/pkg/lib/tmp/copy.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 // CopyTmpDB reads the file at the given path and copies it to a tmp directory, returning the copied file path or an err
 func CopyTmpDB(original string) (path string, err error) {
-	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile("tmp", "db-")
+	dst, err := ioutil.TempFile("/tmp", "db-")
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}