diff --git a/scripts/quitcd/quitcd.bash b/scripts/quitcd/quitcd.bash
index dc83b23c..5c12ae23 100644
--- a/scripts/quitcd/quitcd.bash
+++ b/scripts/quitcd/quitcd.bash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export NNN_TMPFILE="/tmp/nnn"
+export NNN_TMPFILE="$(mktemp -u nnn.XXXXXXXX)"
 
 n()
 {