diff --git a/lxc/executors/java b/lxc/executors/java
index 2818d88..60b6c4d 100755
--- a/lxc/executors/java
+++ b/lxc/executors/java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+cd /tmp/$2
 cp code.code interim.java
 timeout -s KILL 10 xargs -a args.args -d '\n' java interim.java < stdin.stdin