diff --git a/.env b/.env
index 031e62dc8f65dbeaf725068bf92459a5b6717c0a..f1c2ed22846943aa24af94d3dc3b1e9b981fb874 100755
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ umask 077
 
 # set PATH
 PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
+# set TMPDIR
+TMPDIR="/ptmp/$USER/tmp"
+export TMPDIR
 
 # default editor
 EDITOR=nano