diff --git a/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
index c5a9192..0140df1 100644
--- a/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-debian10-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
diff --git a/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
index 1337886..87cc694 100644
--- a/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-debian11-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
diff --git a/hetzner-debian12-zfs-setup .sh b/hetzner-debian12-zfs-setup .sh
index 382b8bb..0b0c7f2 100644
--- a/hetzner-debian12-zfs-setup .sh	
+++ b/hetzner-debian12-zfs-setup .sh	
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
diff --git a/hetzner-ubuntu18-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-ubuntu18-zfs-setup.sh
index e890706..3d41289 100644
--- a/hetzner-ubuntu18-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-ubuntu18-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
diff --git a/hetzner-ubuntu20-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-ubuntu20-zfs-setup.sh
index fcdbb25..4d851df 100644
--- a/hetzner-ubuntu20-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-ubuntu20-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
diff --git a/hetzner-ubuntu22-zfs-setup.sh b/hetzner-ubuntu22-zfs-setup.sh
index 8733464..c6bb54e 100644
--- a/hetzner-ubuntu22-zfs-setup.sh
+++ b/hetzner-ubuntu22-zfs-setup.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
+export TMPDIR=/tmp
+
 # Variables
 v_bpool_name=
 v_bpool_tweaks=
@@ -560,7 +562,6 @@ if [[ $v_swap_size -gt 0 ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "======= setting up initial system packages =========="
-export TMPDIR=/tmp
 debootstrap --arch=amd64 jammy "$c_zfs_mount_dir" "$c_deb_packages_repo"
 
 zfs set devices=off "$v_rpool_name"