diff --git a/bin/nexe b/bin/nexe
index a36dfc9..ab76723 100755
--- a/bin/nexe
+++ b/bin/nexe
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ options('r', {
 	alias: 'runtime',
 	default: '0.8.21',
 	description: 'The node.js runtime to use'
+}).
+options('t', {
+	alias: 'temp',
+	default: '/tmp/nexe',
+	description: 'The path to store node.js sources'
 });
 
 var argv = cli.argv;
@@ -38,7 +43,7 @@ function toRelative(pt) {
 
 
 
-require('../lib').compile({ input: toRelative(argv.i), output: toRelative(argv.o), runtime: argv.r }, function(error) {
-	
+require('../lib').compile({ input: toRelative(argv.i), output: toRelative(argv.o), runtime: argv.r, temp: toRelative(argv.t) }, function(error) {
+
 	if(error) console.log(error.message);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 7f3a6a0..cfd9e50 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ exports.compile = function(args, next) {
 		 */
 
 		function() {
-			downloadNode(args.runtime, this);
+			downloadNode(args.runtime, args.temp, this);
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ exports.compile = function(args, next) {
 /**
  */
 
-function downloadNode(version, next) {
+function downloadNode(version, temp, next) {
 
-	var tmpPath = path.join("/tmp/nexe", "node-v" + version + ".tar.gz"),
+	var tmpPath = path.join(temp, "node-v" + version + ".tar.gz"),
 	srcDr       = tmpPath.replace(/\.tar.gz$/, "");
 
 	try {