diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a0174f..e1c7852 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 /cmake-build-debug-visual-studio/
 /cmake-build-release/
 /cmake-build-release-ccache/
-/cmake-build-releasewithtests
+/cmake-build-release-with-tests/
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index f80f15c..6a9f0d5 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@
  */
 
 #include <iostream>
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
 #include <git_info.h>
 
+#include "scn/Common/Common.h"
 #include "scn/Miner/MinerLocal.h"
 #include "scn/Blockchain/Blockchain.h"
 #include "scn/P2PConnector/P2PConnector.h"
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ int startCommandLineApp(int argc, char* argv[]) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    boost::filesystem::create_directory(scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir());
+
     std::srand(std::time(nullptr));
 
     std::ifstream public_key_stream(argv[1]);
@@ -49,7 +55,7 @@ int startCommandLineApp(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     std::stringstream private_key_string;
     private_key_string << private_key_stream.rdbuf();
 
-    scn::Blockchain blockchain("./blockchains/" + std::string(argv[4]) + "/");
+    scn::Blockchain blockchain(scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir() + "blockchains/" + std::string(argv[4]) + "/");
     scn::P2PConnector p2p_connector(std::stoi(std::string(argv[4])), blockchain);
     scn::MinerLocal miner(std::stoi(std::string(argv[3])));
     scn::BlockchainManager manager(public_key, private_key_string.str(), blockchain, p2p_connector, miner);
diff --git a/src/scn/Common/Common.cpp b/src/scn/Common/Common.cpp
index 1d55842..7683299 100644
--- a/src/scn/Common/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/scn/Common/Common.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 #include "Common.h"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+
 using namespace scn;
 
 std::string scn::hash_helper::toString(const hash_t& hash) {
@@ -37,4 +41,13 @@ hash_t scn::hash_helper::fromArray(const uint8_t* array) {
         ret |= array[i];
     }
     return ret;
+}
+
+
+std::string scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir() {
+
+    std::stringstream runtime_dir;
+    runtime_dir << boost::filesystem::temp_directory_path().string() << "/" << "SwabianCoin-" << getpid() << "/";
+    return runtime_dir.str();
+
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/scn/Common/Common.h b/src/scn/Common/Common.h
index e19acc0..ee511ad 100644
--- a/src/scn/Common/Common.h
+++ b/src/scn/Common/Common.h
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ namespace scn {
         hash_t fromArray(const uint8_t* array);
 
     }
+
+    namespace path_helper {
+
+        std::string getRuntimeDir();
+
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/scn/P2PConnector/P2PConnector.cpp b/src/scn/P2PConnector/P2PConnector.cpp
index 041ee5e..735b852 100644
--- a/src/scn/P2PConnector/P2PConnector.cpp
+++ b/src/scn/P2PConnector/P2PConnector.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ P2PConnector::P2PConnector(uint16_t port, const Blockchain& blockchain)
             t.add_node(std::pair<std::string, int>(entry_point.first, entry_point.second));
         }
         libtorrent::set_piece_hashes(t, ".");
-        std::ofstream out("scn.torrent", std::ios_base::binary);
+        std::ofstream out(scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir() + "scn.torrent", std::ios_base::binary);
         libtorrent::bencode(std::ostream_iterator<char>(out), t.generate());
     }
     boost::filesystem::remove("scn");
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ P2PConnector::P2PConnector(uint16_t port, const Blockchain& blockchain)
         p.save_path = "./";
         p.max_connections = 10;
         libtorrent::error_code ec;
-        p.ti = std::make_shared<libtorrent::torrent_info>("scn.torrent", std::ref(ec));
+        p.ti = std::make_shared<libtorrent::torrent_info>(scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir() + "scn.torrent", std::ref(ec));
         if (ec) {
             LOG(ERROR) << "error reading torrent file: " << ec.message();
             return;
diff --git a/test/TestP2PConnector.cpp b/test/TestP2PConnector.cpp
index 090715f..2c92282 100644
--- a/test/TestP2PConnector.cpp
+++ b/test/TestP2PConnector.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ using namespace scn;
 class TestP2PConnector : public testing::Test {
 public:
     TestP2PConnector()
-    :blockchain_("./blockchain_test/")
+    :blockchain_(scn::path_helper::getRuntimeDir() + "blockchain_test/")
     ,p2p_connector_(13386, blockchain_)
     ,last_received_baseline_block(nullptr)
     ,last_received_collection_block(nullptr) {