diff --git a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
index c6c97e72..0b4e5526 100644
--- a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
+++ b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimAgent.m
@@ -210,8 +210,13 @@ static CFDataRef local_server_callback(CFMessagePortRef local __unused, SInt32 m
   _neoVimServerTask.arguments = shellArgs;
   [_neoVimServerTask launch];
 
+  __auto_type listenAddress = [
+      [[NSURL alloc] initFileURLWithPath:NSTemporaryDirectory()]
+        URLByAppendingPathComponent:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"vimr_%@.sock", _uuid]
+  ].path;
+
   NSString *cmd = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS=%@ exec \"%@\" '%@' '%@'",
-                                             [NSString stringWithFormat:@"/tmp/vimr_%@.sock", _uuid],
+                                             listenAddress,
                                              [self neoVimServerExecutablePath],
                                              [self localServerName],
                                              [self remoteServerName]];
diff --git a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
index 03b5e852..e0e5a633 100644
--- a/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
+++ b/SwiftNeoVim/NeoVimView.swift
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ public class NeoVimView: NSView,
   public init(frame rect: NSRect, config: Config) {
     self.drawer = TextDrawer(font: self._font)
     self.agent = NeoVimAgent(uuid: self.uuid)
-    guard let nvim = Nvim(at: "/tmp/vimr_\(self.uuid).sock") else {
+
+    let sockPath = URL(fileURLWithPath: NSTemporaryDirectory()).appendingPathComponent("vimr_\(self.uuid).sock").path
+    guard let nvim = Nvim(at: sockPath) else {
       preconditionFailure("Nvim could not be instantiated")
     }