diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ff9965dc..ca91d6be 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "turborepo-remote-cache",
-  "version": "1.6.6",
+  "version": "1.7.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "turborepo-remote-cache",
-      "version": "1.6.6",
+      "version": "1.7.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@google-cloud/storage": "^6.4.1",
diff --git a/src/env.ts b/src/env.ts
index 5ac16a38..3c1d6ac4 100644
--- a/src/env.ts
+++ b/src/env.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ const schema = Type.Object(
     STORAGE_PROVIDER: Type.Optional(
       Type.Enum(STORAGE_PROVIDERS, { default: STORAGE_PROVIDERS.LOCAL }),
     ),
+    BODY_LIMIT: Type.Number({ default: 104857600 }),
     STORAGE_PATH: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
+    STORAGE_PATH_USE_TMP_FOLDER: Type.Optional(Type.Boolean({ default: true })),
     // AWS_ env vars are used as aws-sdk defaults
     AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
     AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: Type.Optional(Type.String()),
diff --git a/src/plugins/remote-cache/index.ts b/src/plugins/remote-cache/index.ts
index fd62dfc0..edb28089 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remote-cache/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/remote-cache/index.ts
@@ -8,17 +8,12 @@ async function turboRemoteCache(
   instance: FastifyInstance,
   options: {
     allowedTokens: string[]
-    bodyLimit?: number
     apiVersion?: `v${number}`
     provider?: STORAGE_PROVIDERS
   },
 ) {
-  const {
-    allowedTokens,
-    bodyLimit = 104857600,
-    apiVersion = 'v8',
-    provider = STORAGE_PROVIDERS.LOCAL,
-  } = options
+  const bodyLimit = instance.config.BODY_LIMIT ?? 104857600
+  const { allowedTokens, apiVersion = 'v8', provider = STORAGE_PROVIDERS.LOCAL } = options
   if (!(Array.isArray(allowedTokens) && allowedTokens.length)) {
     throw new Error(
       `'allowedTokens' options must be a string[], ${typeof allowedTokens} provided instead`,
@@ -58,6 +53,7 @@ async function turboRemoteCache(
       clientEmail: instance.config.GCS_CLIENT_EMAIL,
       privateKey: instance.config.GCS_PRIVATE_KEY,
       projectId: instance.config.GCS_PROJECT_ID,
+      useTmp: instance.config.STORAGE_PATH_USE_TMP_FOLDER ?? true,
     }),
   )
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/index.ts b/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/index.ts
index 92925574..445ffa28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
 
 const pipeline = promisify(pipelineCallback)
 const TURBO_CACHE_FOLDER_NAME = 'turborepocache' as const
+const TURBO_CACHE_USE_TMP_FOLDER = true as const
 
 type LocalOptions = Partial<LocalOpts>
 type S3Options = Omit<S3Opts, 'bucket'> & LocalOptions
@@ -37,11 +38,11 @@ function createStorageLocation<Provider extends STORAGE_PROVIDERS>(
   provider: Provider,
   providerOptions: ProviderOptions<Provider>,
 ): StorageProvider {
-  const { path = TURBO_CACHE_FOLDER_NAME } = providerOptions
+  const { path = TURBO_CACHE_FOLDER_NAME, useTmp = TURBO_CACHE_USE_TMP_FOLDER } = providerOptions
 
   switch (provider) {
     case STORAGE_PROVIDERS.LOCAL: {
-      return createLocal({ path })
+      return createLocal({ path, useTmp })
     }
     case STORAGE_PROVIDERS.S3:
     case STORAGE_PROVIDERS.s3: {
diff --git a/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/local.ts b/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/local.ts
index d830e4ad..9123bbc2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/local.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/remote-cache/storage/local.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import { tmpdir } from 'os'
-import { join } from 'path'
+import { join, normalize } from 'path'
 import fs from 'fs-blob-store'
 
 export type LocalOptions = {
   path: string
+  useTmp: boolean
 }
 
-export function createLocal({ path }: LocalOptions) {
-  return fs(join(tmpdir(), path))
+export function createLocal({ path, useTmp }: LocalOptions) {
+  const fullPath = useTmp ? join(tmpdir(), path) : normalize(path)
+  return fs(fullPath)
 }