diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ module.exports = {
     packageTTL: parseInt(env.CACHE_PACKAGE_TTL) || 60,
     tarballTTL: parseInt(env.CACHE_TARBALL_TTL) || (6 * 60 * 60)
   },
-  fs: {directory: env.NPM_REGISTER_FS_DIRECTORY || 'fs'},
+  fs: {directory: env.NPM_REGISTER_FS_DIRECTORY || 'tmp'},
   s3: {bucket: env.AWS_S3_BUCKET}
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/storage/fs.js b/lib/storage/fs.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/storage/fs.js
+++ b/lib/storage/fs.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const Stream = require('stream')
 class FS extends require('./base') {
   constructor () {
     super()
-    this.directory = path.resolve(config.fs.directory || 'fs')
+    this.directory = path.resolve(config.fs.directory)
     console.error(`Saving files to local filesystem at ${this.directory}`)
     if (!config.fs.directory) console.error('Set NPM_REGISTER_FS_DIRECTORY to change directory')
   }
fix: default fs path should be './tmp' according to the README (#<I>)