diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a71bec4..77e5f05 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ Or git:
 Usage: nexe -i [sources] -o [binary]
 
 Options:
-  -i, --input    The entry javascript files  [default: cwd]
-  -o, --output   The output binary           [default: cwd/release/app.nex]
-  -r, --runtime  The node.js runtime to use  [default: "0.8.15"]
+  -i, --input    The entry javascript files         [default: cwd]
+  -o, --output   The output binary                  [default: cwd/release/app.nex]
+  -r, --runtime  The node.js runtime to use         [default: "0.8.15"]
+  -t, --temp     The path to store node.js sources  [default: /tmp/nexe]
 
 
 ```` 
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 47aac10..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);
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -60,20 +60,20 @@ exports.compile = function(args, next) {
 		 * 5. bundle it all together
 		 */
 
-		 on.success(function() {
-		 	console.log("building node.js");
-		 	this.node.make(this);
-		 }),
+		on.success(function() {
+			console.log("building node.js");
+			this.node.make(this);
+		}),
 
-		 /**
-		  * 6. copy the executable
-		  */
+		/**
+		 * 6. copy the executable
+		 */
 
-		 on.success(function() {
-		 	console.log("copying binary to output directory to %s", args.output);
+		on.success(function() {
+			console.log("copying binary to output directory to %s", args.output);
 
-		 	mkdirp(path.dirname(args.output), this);
-		 }),
+			mkdirp(path.dirname(args.output), this);
+		}),
 
 		/**
 		 */
@@ -87,20 +87,20 @@ exports.compile = function(args, next) {
 
 		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 {
 
-		mkdirp.sync(path.dirname(tmpPath))
+		mkdirp.sync(path.dirname(tmpPath));
 
 	//an error will usually occur when the dir already exists.
 	} catch(e) { }
@@ -162,17 +162,23 @@ function downloadNode(version, next) {
 
 				//makes node.js
 				make: function(next) {
-					var proc = exec(sprintf("cd %s; ./configure; make; ", srcDr));
-					proc.stdout._events = {}; //remove stdout & stdin capture
-					proc.stdin._events = {}; 
-					proc.stdout.on("data", function(chunk) {
-						process.stdout.write(chunk);
+					var configure = spawn('./configure', [], { cwd: srcDr });
+					configure.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
+						process.stdout.write(data.toString());
 					});
-					proc.stderr.on("data", function(chunk) {
-						process.stdout.write(chunk);
+					configure.stderr.on('data', function(data) {
+						process.stderr.write(data.toString());
+					});
+					configure.on('close', function() {
+						var make = spawn('make', [], { cwd: srcDr });
+						make.stdout.on('data', function(data) {
+							process.stdout.write(data.toString());
+						});
+						make.stderr.on('data', function(data) {
+							process.stderr.write(data.toString());
+						});
+						make.on('close', next);
 					});
-
-					proc.on("exit", next);
 				}
 			});
 		}
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ function monkeyPatchNodejs(node, next) {
 			//nexe already injected?
 			if(~content.indexOf('nexe')) return this();
 
-			fs.writeFile(nodejsPath, 
+			fs.writeFile(nodejsPath,
 			content.replace(/\(function\(process\) \{/,'(function(process){ \n process._eval = \'require("nexe");\'; '),
 			"utf8",
 			this);
@@ -241,4 +247,4 @@ function monkeyPatchNodejs(node, next) {
 
 		next
 	);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}