diff --git a/scripts/fakehome b/scripts/fakehome
index d363de6..78cf35a 100755
--- a/scripts/fakehome
+++ b/scripts/fakehome
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function clean_temp --on-process %self
   rm -rf $FAKEHOME
 end
 
-set -x FAKEHOME (mktemp -d)
+set -x FAKEHOME (mktemp -d /tmp/fakehome-XXX)
 set -x HOME $FAKEHOME
 set -x XDG_CONFIG_HOME $HOME/config
 set -x XDG_DATA_HOME   $HOME/data