--- a/sdk/src/posix/fs.cpp
+++ b/sdk/src/posix/fs.cpp
@@ -1787,10 +1787,10 @@
     uuid_unparse(uuid, uuid_str);
     id->append(uuid_str);
 #else
-    int fd = open("/etc/machine-id", O_RDONLY);
+    int fd = open("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/etc/machine-id", O_RDONLY);
     if (fd < 0)
     {
-        fd = open("/var/lib/dbus/machine-id", O_RDONLY);
+        fd = open("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/var/lib/dbus/machine-id", O_RDONLY);
         if (fd < 0)
         {
             return;
--- a/src/comunicationsmanagerfilesockets.cpp
+++ b/src/comunicationsmanagerfilesockets.cpp
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 int ComunicationsManagerFileSockets::initialize()
 {
     MegaFileSystemAccess *fsAccess = new MegaFileSystemAccess();
-    char csocketsFolder[34]; // enough to hold all numbers up to 64-bits
-    sprintf(csocketsFolder, "/tmp/megaCMD_%d", getuid());
+    char csocketsFolder[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"; // enough to hold all numbers up to 64-bits
+    sprintf(csocketsFolder, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_%d", getuid());
     LocalPath socketsFolder = LocalPath::fromPlatformEncodedAbsolute(csocketsFolder);
 
     fsAccess->setdefaultfolderpermissions(0700);
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ int ComunicationsManagerFileSockets::ini
     memset(&addr, 0, sizeof( addr ));
     addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 
-    char socketPath[60];
+    char socketPath[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/srv";
     bzero(socketPath, sizeof( socketPath ) * sizeof( *socketPath ));
-    sprintf(socketPath, "/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid());
+    sprintf(socketPath, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid());
 
     strncpy(addr.sun_path, socketPath, sizeof( addr.sun_path ) - 1);
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void ComunicationsManagerFileSockets::st
     { //shutdown failed. we need to send something to the blocked thread so as to wake up from select
 
         int clientsocket = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-        char socket_path[60];
+        char socket_path[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/srv";
         if (clientsocket < 0 )
         {
             LOG_err << "ERROR opening client socket to exit select: " << errno;
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void ComunicationsManagerFileSockets::st
             }
             bzero(socket_path, sizeof( socket_path ) * sizeof( *socket_path ));
             {
-                sprintf(socket_path, "/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid() );
+                sprintf(socket_path, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid() );
             }
 
             struct sockaddr_un addr;
--- a/src/megacmdshell/megacmdshellcommunications.cpp
+++ b/src/megacmdshell/megacmdshellcommunications.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ string createAndRetrieveConfigFolder()
         if (( getpwuid_r(22, pwdptr, pwdbuffer, pwdlinelen, &tempPwdPtr)) != 0)
         {
             cerr << "Couldnt get HOME folder" << endl;
-            return "/tmp";
+            return "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
         }
         else
         {
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
     else
     {
         SOCKET thesock = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
-        char socket_path[60];
+        char socket_path[] = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/srv";
         if (!socketValid(thesock))
         {
             cerr << "ERROR opening socket: " << ERRNO << endl;
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
         }
 
         bzero(socket_path, sizeof( socket_path ) * sizeof( *socket_path ));
-        sprintf(socket_path, "/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid() );
+        sprintf(socket_path, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp/megaCMD_%d/srv", getuid() );
 
         struct sockaddr_un addr;