diff --git a/evmbin/src/main.rs b/evmbin/src/main.rs
index 98d61b417..ac060d586 100644
--- a/evmbin/src/main.rs
+++ b/evmbin/src/main.rs
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ impl Args {
 		Ok(match self.flag_spec {
 			Some(ref filename) =>  {
 				let file = fs::File::open(filename).map_err(|e| format!("{}", e))?;
-				spec::Spec::load(file)?
+				spec::Spec::load(::std::env::temp_dir(), file)?
 			},
 			None => {
-				ethcore::ethereum::new_foundation()
+				ethcore::ethereum::new_foundation(&::std::env::temp_dir())
 			},
 		})
 	}