diff --git a/src/actinia_core/rest/ephemeral_processing_with_export.py b/src/actinia_core/rest/ephemeral_processing_with_export.py
index 2a5536583..e7527136a 100644
--- a/src/actinia_core/rest/ephemeral_processing_with_export.py
+++ b/src/actinia_core/rest/ephemeral_processing_with_export.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ def _export_strds(self, strds_name, format="GTiff"):
             "input=%s" % strds_name,
             "format=%s" % format,
             "output=%s" % output_path,
+            "directory=%s" % self.temp_file_path,
             "compression=%s" % "gzip"
         ]
         # optimized for GTiff