diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index b55e8f8..1792aa2 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@
 
 1. Issue the command: `sudo minindn --experiment=pingall --nPings=50`
 2. When the `mini-ndn>` CLI prompt appears, the experiment has finished. On the Mini-NDN CLI, issue the command `exit` to exit the experiment.
-3. Issue the command: `grep -c content /tmp/*/ping-data/*.txt`. Each file should report a count of 50.
-4. Issue the command: `grep -c timeout /tmp/*/ping-data/*.txt`. Each file should report a count of 0.
+3. Issue the command: `grep -c content /tmp/minindn/*/ping-data/*.txt`. Each file should report a count of 50.
+4. Issue the command: `grep -c timeout /tmp/minindn/*/ping-data/*.txt`. Each file should report a count of 0.
diff --git a/bin/minindn b/bin/minindn
index 4a1feb0..99aa05c 100755
--- a/bin/minindn
+++ b/bin/minindn
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         self.nlsrSecurity = False
         self.nPings = 300
         self.testbed = False
-        self.workDir = "/tmp"
+        self.workDir = "/tmp/minindn"
         self.resultDir = None
         self.pctTraffic = 1.0
         self.cluster = None
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@
     parser.add_argument("-t", "--testbed", action="store_true", dest="testbed",
                          help="Instantiates a snapshot of the NDN Testbed irrespective of the tempfile provided")
 
-    parser.add_argument("--work-dir", action="store", dest="workDir", default="/tmp",
-                        help="Specify the working directory; default is /tmp")
+    parser.add_argument("--work-dir", action="store", dest="workDir", default="/tmp/minindn",
+                        help="Specify the working directory; default is /tmp/minindn")
 
     parser.add_argument("--result-dir", action="store", dest="resultDir", default=None,
                         help="Specify the full path destination folder where experiment results will be moved")
diff --git a/docs/EXPERIMENTS.md b/docs/EXPERIMENTS.md
index 547c2e8..b72ba7c 100644
--- a/docs/EXPERIMENTS.md
+++ b/docs/EXPERIMENTS.md
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
 
 ### Experiment data
 
-The ping data is stored at `/tmp/node-name/ping-data`.
+The ping data is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/ping-data`.
 
-The ping server log is stored at `/tmp/node-name/ping-server`
+The ping server log is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/ping-server`
 
 ## Creating custom experiments
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
         def run(self):
             for host in self.net.hosts:
                 # By default status.txt would be stored
-                # at /tmp/host/status.txt
+                # at /tmp/minindn/host/status.txt
                 host.cmd("nfdc status report > status.txt")
 
     Experiment.register("example-name", ExampleExperiment)
diff --git a/docs/GETTING-STARTED.md b/docs/GETTING-STARTED.md
index b4c1f18..12912e4 100644
--- a/docs/GETTING-STARTED.md
+++ b/docs/GETTING-STARTED.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     sudo minindn --testbed
 
-To change the working directory from default `/tmp` following option can be used:
+To change the working directory from default `/tmp/minindn` following option can be used:
 
     sudo minindn --work-dir /home/mydir/test
 
@@ -91,22 +91,23 @@
 
 ## Working Directory Structure
 
-Currently Mini-NDN uses /tmp as the working directory if not specified otherwise by using the option --work-dir.
+Currently Mini-NDN uses /tmp/minindn as the working directory if not specified otherwise by using
+the option --work-dir.
 
-Each node is given a HOME directory under /tmp/node-name
+Each node is given a HOME directory under /tmp/minindn/node-name
 where node-name is the name of the node specified in the [nodes] section of the conf file.
 
 ### NFD
-NFD conf file is stored at `/tmp/node-name/node-name.conf`
+NFD conf file is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/node-name.conf`
 
-NFD log file is stored at `/tmp/node-name/node-name.log`
+NFD log file is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/node-name.log`
 
-`.ndn` folder is stored at `/tmp/node-name/.ndn`
+`.ndn` folder is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/.ndn`
 
 ### NLSR
-NLSR conf file is stored at `/tmp/node-name/nlsr.conf`
+NLSR conf file is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/nlsr.conf`
 
-NLSR log file is stored at `/tmp/node-name/log/nlsr.log`
+NLSR log file is stored at `/tmp/minindn/node-name/log/nlsr.log`
 
-When security is enabled, NLSR security certificates are stored in: `/tmp/node-name/security`
+When security is enabled, NLSR security certificates are stored in: `/tmp/minindn/node-name/security`
 Note that no NLSR publishes the root certificate, Mini-NDN installs root.cert in security folder for each NLSR.