diff --git a/tmp b/tmp
index 2470313..6c4dbcf 100755
--- a/tmp
+++ b/tmp
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@
 # Define variables
 name="$(basename "$0" .sh)"
 tmpdirtemplate="XXXXXX"
-tmpdir="$(mktemp -d)"
-
-# Verify them
-[ -z "$tmpdir" ] && exit 2
 
 # Define functions
 log() {
@@ -74,6 +70,7 @@ fi
 
 # Make our directory
 tmpdir="$(mktemp -dt "tmp.$tmpdirtemplate")"
+[ -z "$tmpdir" ] && exit 2
 
 # Copy in template directory
 if [ -n "$1" ] && [ -n "$copydir" ] && [ -n "$tmpdir" ]; then