diff --git a/base/.profile b/base/.profile
index 3658189..30b8831 100644
--- a/base/.profile
+++ b/base/.profile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" = "" ]; then
     if [ -L "${__LINK__}" ]; then
         __TMPDIR__="$(readlink "${__LINK__}")"
     else
-        __TMPDIR__="$(mktemp)"
+        __TMPDIR__="$(mktemp -d)"
         ln -s "${__TMPDIR__}" "${__LINK__}"
     fi
     XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="${__TMPDIR__}"