diff --git a/core/io/files/files.factor b/core/io/files/files.factor
index 48098e612d..cb80f98a50 100755
--- a/core/io/files/files.factor
+++ b/core/io/files/files.factor
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ DEFER: copy-tree-into
     prepend-path ;
 
 : temp-directory ( -- path )
-    "temp" resource-path dup make-directories ;
+    "resource:temp" dup make-directories ;
 
 : temp-file ( name -- path )
     temp-directory prepend-path ;