diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0490281c..2d46da03 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nac3parser",
  "parking_lot",
  "pyo3",
+ "tempfile",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -920,6 +921,15 @@ version = "0.6.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f497285884f3fcff424ffc933e56d7cbca511def0c9831a7f9b5f6153e3cc89b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "remove_dir_all"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3acd125665422973a33ac9d3dd2df85edad0f4ae9b00dafb1a05e43a9f5ef8e7"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "runkernel"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1058,6 +1068,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "dac1c663cfc93810f88aed9b8941d48cabf856a1b111c29a40439018d870eb22"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "rand",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "remove_dir_all",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "term"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index cc754638..8cf2ef11 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
           pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
             name = "nac3artiq";
             src = self;
-            cargoSha256 = "sha256-o/3QRbe1WEOA7NPyO1bXCLxUxUWBex8bPcApl/aT040=";
+            cargoSha256 = "sha256-otKLhr58HYMjVXAof6AdObNpggPnvK6qOl7I+4LWIP8=";
             nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.python3 pkgs.llvm_12 ];
             buildInputs = [ pkgs.python3 pkgs.libffi pkgs.libxml2 pkgs.llvm_12 ];
             cargoBuildFlags = [ "--package" "nac3artiq" ];
diff --git a/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml b/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
index 5f6f8fd0..96161a9a 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 pyo3 = { version = "0.14", features = ["extension-module"] }
 inkwell = { git = "https://github.com/TheDan64/inkwell", branch = "master", features = ["llvm12-0"] }
 parking_lot = "0.11"
+tempfile = "3"
 nac3parser = { path = "../nac3parser" }
 nac3core = { path = "../nac3core" }
diff --git a/nac3artiq/demo/kernel.ld b/nac3artiq/src/kernel.ld
similarity index 100%
rename from nac3artiq/demo/kernel.ld
rename to nac3artiq/src/kernel.ld
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
index d683e848..8bd19109 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::fs;
-use std::path::Path;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ use nac3core::{
     typecheck::{type_inferencer::PrimitiveStore, typedef::Type},
 };
 
+use tempfile::{self, TempDir};
+
 use crate::{codegen::ArtiqCodeGenerator, symbol_resolver::Resolver};
 
 mod codegen;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ struct Nac3 {
     to_be_registered: Vec<PyObject>,
     primitive_ids: PrimitivePythonId,
     global_value_ids: Arc<Mutex<HashSet<u64>>>,
+    working_directory: TempDir,
 }
 
 impl Nac3 {
@@ -283,6 +285,9 @@ impl Nac3 {
                 .unwrap(),
         };
 
+        let working_directory = tempfile::Builder::new().prefix("nac3-").tempdir().unwrap();
+        fs::write(working_directory.path().join("kernel.ld"), include_bytes!("kernel.ld")).unwrap();
+
         Ok(Nac3 {
             isa,
             time_fns,
@@ -296,6 +301,7 @@ impl Nac3 {
             pyid_to_type: Default::default(),
             to_be_registered: Default::default(),
             global_value_ids: Default::default(),
+            working_directory
         })
     }
 
@@ -405,6 +411,7 @@ impl Nac3 {
             calls: instance.calls,
         };
         let isa = self.isa;
+        let working_directory = self.working_directory.path().to_owned();
         let f = Arc::new(WithCall::new(Box::new(move |module| {
             let builder = PassManagerBuilder::create();
             builder.set_optimization_level(OptimizationLevel::Default);
@@ -436,7 +443,7 @@ impl Nac3 {
                 .write_to_file(
                     module,
                     FileType::Object,
-                    Path::new(&format!("{}.o", module.get_name().to_str().unwrap())),
+                    &working_directory.join(&format!("{}.o", module.get_name().to_str().unwrap())),
                 )
                 .expect("couldn't write module to file");
         })));
@@ -460,7 +467,7 @@ impl Nac3 {
             "module.elf".to_string(),
         ];
         if isa != Isa::Host {
-            linker_args.push("-Tkernel.ld".to_string());
+            linker_args.push("-T".to_string() + self.working_directory.path().join("kernel.ld").to_str().unwrap());
         }
         linker_args.extend(thread_names.iter().map(|name| name.to_owned() + ".o"));
         if let Ok(linker_status) = Command::new("ld.lld").args(linker_args).status() {