diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
index 3fa0117..d0b9a96 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/general.cc
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::process(PDFDoc *doc)
             doc->displayPage(bg_renderer, i, param->h_dpi2, param->v_dpi2,
                     0, true, false, false,
                     nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
-            bg_renderer->getBitmap()->writeImgFile(splashFormatPng, (char*)(format("p%|1$x|.png")%i).str().c_str(), param->h_dpi2, param->v_dpi2);
+            bg_renderer->getBitmap()->writeImgFile(splashFormatPng, (char*)(dest_dir / (format("p%|1$x|.png")%i).str()).c_str(), param->h_dpi2, param->v_dpi2);
 
             cerr << ".";
             cerr.flush();
diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
index 5b4c695..42f59a8 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::install_embedded_font(GfxFont * font, const string & suffix,
     
     string fn = (format("f%|1$x|") % fn_id).str();
 
-    fontscript_fout << format("Open(\"%1%\", 1)") % (tmp_dir / (fn + suffix)) << endl;
+    fontscript_fout << format("Open(%1%, 1)") % (tmp_dir / (fn + suffix)) << endl;
 
     auto ctu = font->getToUnicode();
     int * code2GID = nullptr;
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::install_embedded_font(GfxFont * font, const string & suffix,
 
             if(cnt > 0)
             {
-                fontscript_fout << format("LoadEncodingFile(\"%1%\", \"%2%\")") % (tmp_dir / (fn+".encoding")) % fn << endl;
+                fontscript_fout << format("LoadEncodingFile(%1%, \"%2%\")") % (tmp_dir / (fn+".encoding")) % fn << endl;
                 fontscript_fout << format("Reencode(\"%1%\", 1)") % fn << endl;
             }
         }
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void HTMLRenderer::install_embedded_font(GfxFont * font, const string & suffix,
         ctu->decRefCnt();
     }
 
-    fontscript_fout << format("Generate(\"%1%.ttf\")") % (dest_dir / fn) << endl;
+    fontscript_fout << format("Generate(%1%)") % (dest_dir / (fn+".ttf")) << endl;
 
     export_remote_font(fn_id, ".ttf", "truetype", font);
 }
diff --git a/src/Param.h b/src/Param.h
index ffeda91..b304da1 100644
--- a/src/Param.h
+++ b/src/Param.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct Param
     std::string owner_password, user_password;
     std::string input_filename, output_filename;
 
-    std::string dest_dir; 
+    std::string dest_dir, tmp_dir;
 
     int first_page, last_page;
 
diff --git a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
index f697c0d..35b8079 100644
--- a/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
+++ b/src/pdf2htmlEX.cc
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 
 namespace po = boost::program_options;
 using namespace std;
+using namespace boost::filesystem;
 
 Param param;
 
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ po::variables_map parse_options (int argc, char **argv)
         ("owner-password,o", po::value<string>(&param.owner_password)->default_value(""), "owner password (for encrypted files)")
         ("user-password,u", po::value<string>(&param.user_password)->default_value(""), "user password (for encrypted files)")
         ("dest-dir", po::value<string>(&param.dest_dir)->default_value("."), "destination directory")
+        ("tmp-dir", po::value<string>(&param.tmp_dir)->default_value("/tmp/pdf2htmlEX"), "temporary directory")
         ("hdpi", po::value<double>(&param.h_dpi)->default_value(72.0), "horizontal DPI for text")
         ("vdpi", po::value<double>(&param.v_dpi)->default_value(72.0), "vertical DPI for text")
         ("hdpi2", po::value<double>(&param.h_dpi2)->default_value(144.0), "horizontal DPI for non-text")
@@ -165,6 +167,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         return -1;
     }
 
+    //prepare the directories
+    try
+    {
+        create_directories(param.dest_dir);
+        create_directories(param.tmp_dir);
+    }
+    catch (const filesystem_error& err)
+    {
+        cerr << err.what() << endl;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     // read config file
     globalParams = new GlobalParams();