diff --git a/config/config-path b/config/config-path
index 4bfe59e..8a110b2 100644
--- a/config/config-path
+++ b/config/config-path
@@ -1 +1 @@
-config/config.ini
+config/config-brad.ini
diff --git a/config/config.ini b/config/config.ini
index 9afd773..192577d 100644
--- a/config/config.ini
+++ b/config/config.ini
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ varDirectory = ${fileSystemRoot}/var
 logDirectory = ${varDirectory}/log
 documentRoot = ${varDirectory}/Documents
 uiDirectory = ${fileSystemRoot}/presentation/lookAndFeel/knowledgeTree
+tmpDirectory = ${varDirectory}/tmp
      
 ; urls
 graphicsUrl = ${rootUrl}/graphics
diff --git a/config/dmsDefaults.php b/config/dmsDefaults.php
index fb55333..ba0a92e 100644
--- a/config/dmsDefaults.php
+++ b/config/dmsDefaults.php
@@ -403,6 +403,8 @@ class KTInit {
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("KnowledgeTree", "pathInfoSupport", false);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("storage", "manager", 'KTOnDiskHashedStorageManager');
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("config", "useDatabaseConfiguration", false);
+
+            $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("urls", "tmpDirectory", '${varDirectory}/tmp');       
             
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "browseToUnitFolder", false);
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("tweaks", "genericMetaDataRequired", true);
@@ -426,7 +428,8 @@ class KTInit {
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("cache", "proxyCacheDirectory", '${varDirectory}/proxies');
             $oKTConfig->setdefaultns("cache", "proxyCacheEnabled", 'true');
             
-            $this->readConfig();
+            $res = $this->readConfig();
+            if (PEAR::isError($res)) { return $res; }
             
             $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
             @touch($cache_file);
@@ -445,10 +448,17 @@ class KTInit {
         $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
         $sConfigFile = trim(file_get_contents(KT_DIR .  "/config/config-path"));
         if (KTUtil::isAbsolutePath($sConfigFile)) {
-            $oKTConfig->loadFile($sConfigFile);
+            $res = $oKTConfig->loadFile($sConfigFile);
         } else {
-            $oKTConfig->loadFile(sprintf("%s/%s", KT_DIR, $sConfigFile));
+            $res = $oKTConfig->loadFile(sprintf("%s/%s", KT_DIR, $sConfigFile));
         }
+        
+        if (PEAR::isError($res)) { 
+            $this->handleInitError($res);
+            // returns only in checkup
+            return $res;
+        }        
+        
         foreach (array_keys($oKTConfig->flat) as $k) {
             $v = $oKTConfig->get($k);
             if ($v === "default") {
@@ -480,7 +490,10 @@ class KTInit {
             $this->handleInitError(PEAR::raiseError('Test infrastructure not configured'));
             exit(0);
         }
-        $oKTConfig->loadFile($sConfigFile);
+        $res = $oKTConfig->loadFile($sConfigFile);
+        if (PEAR::isError($res)) { 
+            return $res;
+        }            
     }
     // }}}
 }
@@ -503,10 +516,10 @@ require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . '/ktentity.inc');
 
 require_once(KT_LIB_DIR . "/config/config.inc.php");
 
-$KTInit->initConfig(); 
-
 $KTInit->setupI18n();
 
+$KTInit->initConfig(); 
+
 if ($GLOBALS['kt_test']) {
     $KTInit->initTesting(); 
 }
diff --git a/lib/config/config.inc.php b/lib/config/config.inc.php
index 7ed5bf7..b415502 100644
--- a/lib/config/config.inc.php
+++ b/lib/config/config.inc.php
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ class KTConfig {
     function loadFile($filename, $bDefault = false) {
         $c = new Config;
         $root =& $c->parseConfig($filename, "IniCommented");
+        
+        if (PEAR::isError($root)) {
+            return $root;    
+        }        
+        
         $this->aFileRoot[$filename] =& $root;
 
         $conf =& $root->toArray();
diff --git a/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php b/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
index 3a51ca2..8ffbd8b 100644
--- a/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
+++ b/lib/documentmanagement/documentutil.inc.php
@@ -544,7 +544,11 @@ class KTDocumentUtil {
         }
         $bCanMove = KTUtil::arrayGet($aOptions, 'move');
         $oStorage =& KTStorageManagerUtil::getSingleton();
-        $sFilename = tempnam('/tmp', 'kt_storecontents');
+
+        $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+        $sBasedir = $oKTConfig->get("urls/tmpDirectory");        
+        
+        $sFilename = tempnam($sBasedir, 'kt_storecontents');
         $oOutputFile = new KTFSFileLike($sFilename);
         $res = KTFileLikeUtil::copy_contents($oContents, $oOutputFile);
         $sType = KTMime::getMimeTypeFromFile($sFilename);
diff --git a/lib/import/zipimportstorage.inc.php b/lib/import/zipimportstorage.inc.php
index 084f736..0850b78 100644
--- a/lib/import/zipimportstorage.inc.php
+++ b/lib/import/zipimportstorage.inc.php
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ class KTZipImportStorage extends KTFSImportStorage {
     }
 
     function init() {
-        $sTmpPath = tempnam('/tmp', 'zipimportstorage');
+        $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+        $sBasedir = $oKTConfig->get("urls/tmpDirectory");    
+    
+        $sTmpPath = tempnam($sBasedir, 'zipimportstorage');
         if ($sTmpPath === false) {
             return PEAR::raiseError("Could not create temporary directory for zip storage");
         }
diff --git a/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php b/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
index fda6ba7..674dde1 100644
--- a/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
+++ b/plugins/ktstandard/KTBulkExportPlugin.php
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
         $this->startTransaction();
 
         $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+        $sBasedir = $oKTConfig->get("urls/tmpDirectory");
         $bNoisy = $oKTConfig->get("tweaks/noisyBulkOperations");
 
         if (empty($aDocumentIds)) {
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ class KTBulkExportAction extends KTFolderAction {
         $this->oPage->template = "kt3/minimal_page";
         $this->handleOutput("");
 
-        $sTmpPath = tempnam('/tmp', 'kt_export');
+        $sTmpPath = tempnam($sBasedir, 'kt_export');
         unlink($sTmpPath);
         mkdir($sTmpPath, 0700);
         $this->sTmpPath = $sTmpPath;
diff --git a/plugins/ktstandard/contents/BaseIndexer.php b/plugins/ktstandard/contents/BaseIndexer.php
index dd43482..fd6eff5 100644
--- a/plugins/ktstandard/contents/BaseIndexer.php
+++ b/plugins/ktstandard/contents/BaseIndexer.php
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ class KTBaseIndexerTrigger {
         if ($this->command != null) {
             $tempstub = $this->command;
         }
-        $myfilename = tempnam("/tmp", 'kt.' . $tempstub);
+
+        $oKTConfig =& KTConfig::getSingleton();
+        $sBasedir = $oKTConfig->get("urls/tmpDirectory");        
+        
+        $myfilename = tempnam($sBasedir, 'kt.' . $tempstub);
         if (OS_WINDOWS) {
-            $intermediate = tempnam("/tmp", 'kt.' . $tempstub);
+            $intermediate = tempnam($sBasedir, 'kt.' . $tempstub);
             if (!@copy($sFile, $intermediate)) {
                 return ;
             }