diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fe66201..cd19643 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 .venv
-tmp
-output
\ No newline at end of file
+tmp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/save_progress_reports.py b/save_progress_reports.py
index b437ad6..5b13421 100644
--- a/save_progress_reports.py
+++ b/save_progress_reports.py
@@ -19,12 +19,11 @@ GECKO_DRIVER = 'gecko'
 CHROME_DRIVER = 'chrome'
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH = './config.ini'
 DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH = './'
+DEFAULT_WORKING_DIRECTORY = './tmp'
 DEFAULT_APP_URL = 'https://app.flightschedulepro.com'
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 10 #seconds
 DEFAULT_MAX_SESSIONS = 500
 
-# HACK maybe Ubuntu specific 
-os.environ["TMPDIR"] = "./tmp"
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
                     prog='FSP Progress Combiner',
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 
 config.read(args.config)
-working_dir = config['main']['working_directory']
+working_dir = config['main'].get('working_directory', DEFAULT_WORKING_DIRECTORY)
 app_url = config['main'].get('app_url', DEFAULT_APP_URL)
 timeout = config['main'].get('timeout', DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 
@@ -56,6 +55,9 @@ except OSError as exception:
     for f in files:
         os.remove(f)
 
+# HACK maybe Ubuntu specific 
+os.environ["TMPDIR"] = working_dir
+
 driver_type = config['main']['driver']
 # TODO only firefox for now
 if driver_type == GECKO_DRIVER: