diff --git a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
index 55ccafc5bb3f1a7b319accb7cf41b3cb9a4b4d6f..ffb1320695db122ae2d90793cb61add9ba1306bf 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/sbbs_ini.c
@@ -303,12 +303,8 @@ void sbbs_read_ini(
 		SAFECOPY(ftp->hack_sound
 			,iniReadString(fp,section,"HackAttemptSound",nulstr,value));
 
-		if(ftp->temp_dir[0])
-			p=ftp->temp_dir;
-		else
-			p=_PATH_TMP;
 		SAFECOPY(ftp->temp_dir
-			,iniReadString(fp,section,strTempDirectory,p,value));
+			,iniReadString(fp,section,strTempDirectory,ftp->temp_dir,value));
 
 		ftp->log_mask
 			=iniReadBitField(fp,section,strLogMask,log_mask_bits,global->log_mask);