diff --git a/t/lib/HydraTestContext.pm b/t/lib/HydraTestContext.pm
index 3f75afb9..b3b4690b 100644
--- a/t/lib/HydraTestContext.pm
+++ b/t/lib/HydraTestContext.pm
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ sub new {

     my $deststoredir;

-    my $dir = File::Temp->newdir();
+    # Will be managed by yath. By the default it ill be cleaned up, but
+    # can be kept to aid in debugging test failures.
+    my $dir = $ENV{"TMPDIR"};

     $ENV{'HYDRA_DATA'} = "$dir/hydra-data";
     mkdir $ENV{'HYDRA_DATA'};