diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 4b29060..87e513f 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ MASTER_CONTROL: "controls/master_control.csv"
 ROOTDIR: "results"
 
 # The scratch location of your computer or cluster
-SCRATCH_DIR: "/tmp/FastqToGeneCounts"
+SCRATCH_DIR: "/scratch"
 
 # If you are processing local FastQ items, set this to the location of your items
 LOCAL_FASTQ_FILES: "results/dump_fastq_input"