diff --git a/intelmq/bots/BOTS.files b/intelmq/bots/BOTS.files
index 78879a6150314f8166aa3665befb4d0a6c97e49f..5ac677d28887e10ba422076832a3b1b62f2124f2 100644
--- a/intelmq/bots/BOTS.files
+++ b/intelmq/bots/BOTS.files
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
             "description": "Files is the bot responsible for lock-safe saving of events into separate files.",
             "module": "intelmq.bots.outputs.files.output",
             "parameters": {
-                "tmp": "/opt/intelmq/var/lib/bots/files-output/tmp"
+                "tmp": "/opt/intelmq/var/lib/bots/files-output/temp",
                 "dir": "/opt/intelmq/var/lib/bots/files-output/incoming"
             }
         }