diff --git a/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js b/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
index 80eb3986..d50f3e7f 100644
--- a/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
+++ b/test/spawning-daemons.spec.js
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ const ipfsd = require('../src')
 
 const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32'
 
-describe('daemon spawning', () => {
+describe('daemon spawning', function () {
+  this.timeout(60 * 1000)
+
   describe('local daemon', () => {
-    const repoPath = '/tmp/ipfsd-ctl-test'
+    const repoPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ipfsd-ctl-test')
     const addr = '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/5678'
     const config = {
       Addresses: {
@@ -199,7 +201,7 @@ describe('daemon spawning', () => {
   })
 
   describe('setting up and init a local node', () => {
-    const testpath1 = '/tmp/ipfstestpath1'
+    const testpath1 = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'ipfstestpath1')
 
     describe('cleanup', () => {
       before((done) => {
@@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ describe('daemon spawning', () => {
       })
 
       it('should not have a directory', () => {
-        expect(fs.existsSync('/tmp/ipfstestpath1')).to.be.eql(false)
+        expect(fs.existsSync(testpath1)).to.be.eql(false)
       })
     })