--- a/src/rmdConfig.py.in
+++ b/src/rmdConfig.py.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
                 0,          #reset recording area ,0 on 1 off
                 1,          #follow mouse,0 on 1 off
                 1,          #quick subsampling,0 on 1 off
-                "/tmp",     #working directory
+                "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp",     #working directory
                 1,          #on the fly encoding,0 on 1 off
                 0,          #zero compression,0 on 1 off
                 False,      #overwrite existing files