diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4fc625ed..7c030b72 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/goflags v0.1.42
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/gologger v1.1.12
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/gostruct v0.0.2
-	github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.1
+	github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.2-0.20240305085154-99aa5ddb9f98
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx v1.5.0
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/mapcidr v1.1.16
 	github.com/projectdiscovery/n3iwf v0.0.0-20230523120440-b8cd232ff1f5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a2c290ba..d24d2d9d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -830,6 +830,8 @@ github.com/projectdiscovery/gostruct v0.0.2 h1:s8gP8ApugGM4go1pA+sVlPDXaWqNP5BBD
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gostruct v0.0.2/go.mod h1:H86peL4HKwMXcQQtEa6lmC8FuD9XFt6gkNR0B/Mu5PE=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.1 h1:f08ZnYlbDZV/TNGDvIXV9s/oB/sAI+HWaSbW4em4aKM=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/dHwbly+1lhOX9UreVure4lEe7K4hIHeu/c/wZGNTDo=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.2-0.20240305085154-99aa5ddb9f98 h1:KKS26wFrlcfPxKDmop+2NmI8HbGn8pgotHJBTh+3R4k=
+github.com/projectdiscovery/gozero v0.0.2-0.20240305085154-99aa5ddb9f98/go.mod h1:/dHwbly+1lhOX9UreVure4lEe7K4hIHeu/c/wZGNTDo=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.40 h1:WGAIXXMY2vbV0ep7Q8s27Up/ejs8Wo1hh5AEhynLfmw=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/hmap v0.0.40/go.mod h1:5JkQW9t/UNK95YEY6irOXHqrS/xVBUtrYEhtq61ttII=
 github.com/projectdiscovery/httpx v1.5.0 h1:YJziMpdF2G5Iy7sDd1mNSpB5LyohYWZpqk+Oq2TeUQQ=
diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index f7954c2c..e6a3631e 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ type Runner struct {
 	pprofServer       *http.Server
 	// pdcp auto-save options
 	pdcpUploadErrMsg string
+	//general purpose temporary directory
+	tmpDir string
 }
 
 const pprofServerAddress = "127.0.0.1:8086"
@@ -315,6 +317,11 @@ func New(options *types.Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	} else {
 		runner.rateLimiter = ratelimit.NewUnlimited(context.Background())
 	}
+
+	if tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "nuclei-tmp-*"); err == nil {
+		runner.tmpDir = tmpDir
+	}
+
 	return runner, nil
 }
 
@@ -349,6 +356,9 @@ func (r *Runner) Close() {
 	if r.browser != nil {
 		r.browser.Close()
 	}
+	if r.tmpDir != "" {
+		_ = os.RemoveAll(r.tmpDir)
+	}
 }
 
 // setupPDCPUpload sets up the PDCP upload writer
@@ -407,19 +417,20 @@ func (r *Runner) RunEnumeration() error {
 	// Create the executor options which will be used throughout the execution
 	// stage by the nuclei engine modules.
 	executorOpts := protocols.ExecutorOptions{
-		Output:          r.output,
-		Options:         r.options,
-		Progress:        r.progress,
-		Catalog:         r.catalog,
-		IssuesClient:    r.issuesClient,
-		RateLimiter:     r.rateLimiter,
-		Interactsh:      r.interactsh,
-		ProjectFile:     r.projectFile,
-		Browser:         r.browser,
-		Colorizer:       r.colorizer,
-		ResumeCfg:       r.resumeCfg,
-		ExcludeMatchers: excludematchers.New(r.options.ExcludeMatchers),
-		InputHelper:     input.NewHelper(),
+		Output:             r.output,
+		Options:            r.options,
+		Progress:           r.progress,
+		Catalog:            r.catalog,
+		IssuesClient:       r.issuesClient,
+		RateLimiter:        r.rateLimiter,
+		Interactsh:         r.interactsh,
+		ProjectFile:        r.projectFile,
+		Browser:            r.browser,
+		Colorizer:          r.colorizer,
+		ResumeCfg:          r.resumeCfg,
+		ExcludeMatchers:    excludematchers.New(r.options.ExcludeMatchers),
+		InputHelper:        input.NewHelper(),
+		TemporaryDirectory: r.tmpDir,
 	}
 
 	if r.options.ShouldUseHostError() {
diff --git a/pkg/protocols/code/code.go b/pkg/protocols/code/code.go
index 7a8f3b67..fcac9c32 100644
--- a/pkg/protocols/code/code.go
+++ b/pkg/protocols/code/code.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (request *Request) Compile(options *protocols.ExecutorOptions) error {
 
 	var src *gozero.Source
 
-	src, err = gozero.NewSourceWithString(request.Source, request.Pattern)
+	src, err = gozero.NewSourceWithString(request.Source, request.Pattern, request.options.TemporaryDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (request *Request) GetID() string {
 
 // ExecuteWithResults executes the protocol requests and returns results instead of writing them.
 func (request *Request) ExecuteWithResults(input *contextargs.Context, dynamicValues, previous output.InternalEvent, callback protocols.OutputEventCallback) (err error) {
-	metaSrc, err := gozero.NewSourceWithString(input.MetaInput.Input, "")
+	metaSrc, err := gozero.NewSourceWithString(input.MetaInput.Input, "", request.options.TemporaryDirectory)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/protocols/protocols.go b/pkg/protocols/protocols.go
index 670375cc..32b09841 100644
--- a/pkg/protocols/protocols.go
+++ b/pkg/protocols/protocols.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ type ExecutorOptions struct {
 	// based on given logic. by default nuclei reverts to using value of `-c` when threads count
 	// is not specified or is 0 in template
 	OverrideThreadsCount PayloadThreadSetterCallback
+	//TemporaryDirectory is the directory to store temporary files
+	TemporaryDirectory string
 }
 
 // GetThreadsForPayloadRequests returns the number of threads to use as default for