diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index af9a4d1640556207233c6f1b2203e634fd1a25ff..f4ca2e705b510f8c8d1e405a33b708e34dfa1f7f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ spring.http.multipart.max-file-size=5Mb
 ###############################################
 
 # Holds the uploaded Zip-Files
-tests.tmp.dir=~/dta-tests
+tests.tmp.dir=/tmp/dta-tests
 host.tests.tmp.dir=${tests.tmp.dir}
 data.dir=/data
 data.dir.test.folder.name=UnitTests