diff --git a/packages/common/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/common/CHANGELOG.md
index 464bcce10d..eb13a8f0e9 100644
--- a/packages/common/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/common/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Expose CID on IPFS Reader (#2551)
 
 ## [5.1.1] - 2024-08-14
 ### Added
diff --git a/packages/common/src/project/readers/ipfs-reader.ts b/packages/common/src/project/readers/ipfs-reader.ts
index 877117f1df..a51204d9b5 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/project/readers/ipfs-reader.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/project/readers/ipfs-reader.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class IPFSReader implements Reader {
   private ipfs: IPFSHTTPClientLite;
   private cache: Record<string, Promise<string>> = {};
 
-  constructor(private readonly cid: string, gateway?: string) {
+  constructor(readonly cid: string, gateway?: string) {
     if (!CIDv0.test(cid) && !CIDv1.test(cid)) {
       throw new Error('IPFS project path CID is not valid');
     }
diff --git a/packages/node-core/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/node-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 5f98cdc8e6..3567cee1fa 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/node-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Changed
+- Reuse the same temp dir when project is from IPFS (#2551)
 
 ## [14.1.3] - 2024-08-30
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/packages/node-core/src/configure/configure.module.ts b/packages/node-core/src/configure/configure.module.ts
index 4ca178e850..0766a3a7cf 100644
--- a/packages/node-core/src/configure/configure.module.ts
+++ b/packages/node-core/src/configure/configure.module.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright 2020-2024 SubQuery Pte Ltd authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0
 
-import {handleCreateSubqueryProjectError, LocalReader, makeTempDir, ReaderFactory} from '@subql/common';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import {handleCreateSubqueryProjectError, IPFSReader, LocalReader, makeTempDir, ReaderFactory} from '@subql/common';
 import {IEndpointConfig, Reader} from '@subql/types-core';
 import {camelCase, isNil, omitBy} from 'lodash';
 import {ISubqueryProject} from '../indexer';
@@ -64,13 +67,10 @@ export function yargsToIConfig(yargs: Args, nameMapping: Record<string, string>
         value = [value];
       }
       if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-        value = value.reduce(
-          (acc, endpoint, index) => {
-            acc[endpoint] = endpointConfig[index] ?? {};
-            return acc;
-          },
-          {} as Record<string, IEndpointConfig>
-        );
+        value = value.reduce((acc, endpoint, index) => {
+          acc[endpoint] = endpointConfig[index] ?? {};
+          return acc;
+        }, {} as Record<string, IEndpointConfig>);
       }
     }
     if (key === 'primary-network-endpoint') {
@@ -95,8 +95,18 @@ let rootDir: string;
 async function getCachedRoot(reader: Reader, configRoot?: string): Promise<string> {
   if (reader instanceof LocalReader) return reader.root;
 
+  // Case for in workers when the parent has decided the directory
   if (configRoot) return configRoot;
 
+  // Allows reusing the same directory on restarts when project is run from ipfs, this can stop duplicating files in the tmp dir
+  if (reader instanceof IPFSReader) {
+    rootDir = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), reader.cid);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(rootDir)) {
+      await fs.promises.mkdir(rootDir);
+    }
+    return rootDir;
+  }
+
   if (!rootDir) {
     rootDir = await makeTempDir();
   }