1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
index 88f700b..6b2df07 100644
--- a/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
+++ b/Lib/bsddb/test/test_misc.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import os
 import sys
 import unittest
+import tempfile
 
 try:
     # For Pythons w/distutils pybsddb
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ except ImportError:
 class MiscTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.filename = self.__class__.__name__ + '.db'
-        homeDir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]), 'db_home')
+        homeDir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'db_home')
         self.homeDir = homeDir
         try:
             os.mkdir(homeDir)