--- a/src/lxterminal.c
+++ b/src/lxterminal.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static Term *terminal_new(LXTerminal *te
 	if (exec) {
 		gchar **command;
 		g_shell_parse_argv(exec, NULL, &command, NULL);
-		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), (const char *)*(command), command, env, "/tmp", FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
+		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), (const char *)*(command), command, env, pwd, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);
 		g_strfreev(command);
 	} else {
 		term->pid = vte_terminal_fork_command(VTE_TERMINAL(term->vte), NULL, NULL, env, pwd, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE);