diff --git a/cmd/backend/docx.go b/cmd/backend/docx.go
index 9affbb6..37f895c 100644
--- a/cmd/backend/docx.go
+++ b/cmd/backend/docx.go
@@ -14,15 +14,13 @@ import (
 func ConvertToMarkdown(c *Config, filename string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 
-	articleID := uuid.New()
-	articleFileName := fmt.Sprint("/tmp/", articleID, ".md")
-
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("/tmp", "cpolis_images")
+	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp(os.TempDir(), "cpolis_images")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating temporary directory: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
 
+	articleFileName := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), fmt.Sprint(uuid.New(), ".md"))
 	cmd := exec.Command("pandoc", "-s", "-f", "docx", "-t", "commonmark_x", "-o", articleFileName, "--extract-media", tmpDir, filename) // TODO: Is writing to a file necessary?
 	cmd.Stderr = &stderr
 	if err = cmd.Run(); err != nil {