diff --git a/pkg/config/output_file.go b/pkg/config/output_file.go
index e4636896..d09bc0c0 100644
--- a/pkg/config/output_file.go
+++ b/pkg/config/output_file.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -139,16 +138,8 @@ func (o *FileConfig) updateFilepath(p *PipelineConfig, identifier string, replac
 	// get local filepath
 	_, filename := path.Split(o.StorageFilepath)
 
-	// prepend the configuration base directory and the egress Id
-	local := path.Join(p.TmpDir, p.Info.EgressId)
-
-	// create temporary directory
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(local, 0755); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	// write to tmp dir
-	o.LocalFilepath = path.Join(local, filename)
+	o.LocalFilepath = path.Join(p.TmpDir, filename)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/config/output_image.go b/pkg/config/output_image.go
index de6b9edf..2a35a73e 100644
--- a/pkg/config/output_image.go
+++ b/pkg/config/output_image.go
@@ -132,9 +132,7 @@ func (o *ImageConfig) updatePrefix(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 	// there is more than one image output
 	// os.ModeDir creates a directory with mode 000 when mapping the directory outside the container
 	// Append a "/" to the path for consistency with the "UploadConfig == nil" case
-	o.LocalDir = path.Join(p.TmpDir, p.Info.EgressId, o.Id) + "/"
-
-	// create local directories
+	o.LocalDir = path.Join(p.TmpDir, o.Id) + "/"
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(o.LocalDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/output_segment.go b/pkg/config/output_segment.go
index 1229ba0f..5b28b17c 100644
--- a/pkg/config/output_segment.go
+++ b/pkg/config/output_segment.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (o *SegmentConfig) updatePrefixAndPlaylist(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 
 	playlistDir, playlistName := path.Split(o.PlaylistFilename)
 	livePlaylistDir, livePlaylistName := path.Split(o.LivePlaylistFilename)
-	fileDir, filePrefix := path.Split(o.SegmentPrefix)
+	segmentDir, segmentPrefix := path.Split(o.SegmentPrefix)
 
 	// force live playlist to be in the same directory as the main playlist
 	if livePlaylistDir != "" && livePlaylistDir != playlistDir {
@@ -117,20 +117,20 @@ func (o *SegmentConfig) updatePrefixAndPlaylist(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 	livePlaylistName = removeKnownExtension(livePlaylistName)
 
 	// only keep fileDir if it is a subdirectory of playlistDir
-	if fileDir != "" {
-		if playlistDir == fileDir {
-			fileDir = ""
+	if segmentDir != "" {
+		if playlistDir == segmentDir {
+			segmentDir = ""
 		} else if playlistDir == "" {
-			playlistDir = fileDir
-			fileDir = ""
+			playlistDir = segmentDir
+			segmentDir = ""
 		}
 	}
 	o.StorageDir = playlistDir
 
 	// ensure playlistName
 	if playlistName == "" {
-		if filePrefix != "" {
-			playlistName = filePrefix
+		if segmentPrefix != "" {
+			playlistName = segmentPrefix
 		} else {
 			playlistName = fmt.Sprintf("%s-%s", identifier, time.Now().Format("2006-01-02T150405"))
 		}
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ func (o *SegmentConfig) updatePrefixAndPlaylist(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 	// live playlist disabled by default
 
 	// ensure filePrefix
-	if filePrefix == "" {
-		filePrefix = playlistName
+	if segmentPrefix == "" {
+		segmentPrefix = playlistName
 	}
 
 	// update config
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (o *SegmentConfig) updatePrefixAndPlaylist(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 	if livePlaylistName != "" {
 		o.LivePlaylistFilename = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", livePlaylistName, ext)
 	}
-	o.SegmentPrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", fileDir, filePrefix)
+	o.SegmentPrefix = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", segmentDir, segmentPrefix)
 
 	if o.PlaylistFilename == o.LivePlaylistFilename {
 		return errors.ErrInvalidInput("live_playlist_name cannot be identical to playlist_name")
@@ -157,15 +157,11 @@ func (o *SegmentConfig) updatePrefixAndPlaylist(p *PipelineConfig) error {
 	// Prepend the configuration base directory and the egress Id
 	// os.ModeDir creates a directory with mode 000 when mapping the directory outside the container
 	// Append a "/" to the path for consistency with the "UploadConfig == nil" case
-	o.LocalDir = path.Join(p.TmpDir, p.Info.EgressId) + "/"
-
-	// create local directories
-	if fileDir != "" {
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Join(o.LocalDir, fileDir), 0755); err != nil {
+	o.LocalDir = p.TmpDir
+	if segmentDir != "" {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Join(o.LocalDir, segmentDir), 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-	} else if err := os.MkdirAll(o.LocalDir, 0755); err != nil {
-		return err
 	}
 
 	o.SegmentsInfo.PlaylistName = path.Join(o.StorageDir, o.PlaylistFilename)
diff --git a/pkg/config/pipeline.go b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
index ffa1462b..a107b43a 100644
--- a/pkg/config/pipeline.go
+++ b/pkg/config/pipeline.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	Latency = uint64(3e9)
+	TmpDir  = "/home/egress/tmp"
 )
 
 type PipelineConfig struct {
diff --git a/pkg/pipeline/sink/uploader/local.go b/pkg/pipeline/sink/uploader/local.go
index 7c131275..fee30434 100644
--- a/pkg/pipeline/sink/uploader/local.go
+++ b/pkg/pipeline/sink/uploader/local.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package uploader
 
 import (
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 
@@ -42,7 +43,21 @@ func (u *localUploader) upload(localFilepath, storageFilepath string, _ types.Ou
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
 
-	if err = os.Rename(localFilepath, storageFilepath); err != nil {
+	tmp, err := os.Open(localFilepath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	f, err := os.Create(storageFilepath)
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = tmp.Close()
+		return "", 0, err
+	}
+
+	_, err = io.Copy(f, tmp)
+	_ = f.Close()
+	_ = tmp.Close()
+	if err != nil {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/server.go b/pkg/server/server.go
index 9f9035a1..1d16a803 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func NewServer(conf *config.ServiceConfig, bus psrpc.MessageBus, ioClient info.I
 		}()
 	}
 
-	tmpDir := path.Join(os.TempDir(), s.conf.NodeID)
+	tmpDir := path.Join(config.TmpDir, s.conf.NodeID)
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(tmpDir, 0755); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/server/server_rpc.go b/pkg/server/server_rpc.go
index 6c91009d..0cb5f8bb 100644
--- a/pkg/server/server_rpc.go
+++ b/pkg/server/server_rpc.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *Server) launchProcess(req *rpc.StartEgressRequest, info *livekit.Egress
 	p := &config.PipelineConfig{
 		BaseConfig: s.conf.BaseConfig,
 		HandlerID:  handlerID,
-		TmpDir:     path.Join(os.TempDir(), handlerID),
+		TmpDir:     path.Join(config.TmpDir, handlerID),
 	}
 
 	confString, err := yaml.Marshal(p)
diff --git a/test/download.go b/test/download.go
index e1926f98..0d82b927 100644
--- a/test/download.go
+++ b/test/download.go
@@ -40,15 +40,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 func download(t *testing.T, c *config.StorageConfig, localFilepath, storageFilepath string) {
-	if c.S3 != nil {
-		logger.Debugw("s3 download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
-		downloadS3(t, c.S3, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
-	} else if c.GCP != nil {
-		logger.Debugw("gcp download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
-		downloadGCP(t, c.GCP, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
-	} else if c.Azure != nil {
-		logger.Debugw("azure download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
-		downloadAzure(t, c.Azure, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
+	if c != nil {
+		if c.S3 != nil {
+			logger.Debugw("s3 download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
+			downloadS3(t, c.S3, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
+		} else if c.GCP != nil {
+			logger.Debugw("gcp download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
+			downloadGCP(t, c.GCP, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
+		} else if c.Azure != nil {
+			logger.Debugw("azure download", "localFilepath", localFilepath, "storageFilepath", storageFilepath)
+			downloadAzure(t, c.Azure, localFilepath, storageFilepath)
+		}
 	}
 }