diff --git a/SabreTools.Library/DatFiles/DatFile.cs b/SabreTools.Library/DatFiles/DatFile.cs
index 1ad37fba..3ae2d273 100644
--- a/SabreTools.Library/DatFiles/DatFile.cs
+++ b/SabreTools.Library/DatFiles/DatFile.cs
@@ -3336,6 +3336,9 @@ namespace SabreTools.Library.DatFiles
 				Description = Name + (bare ? "" : " (" + Date + ")");
 			}
 
+			// Clean the temp directory path
+			tempDir = (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tempDir) ? Path.GetTempPath() : tempDir);
+
 			// Process the input
 			if (Directory.Exists(basePath))
 			{
diff --git a/SabreTools/SabreTools.Inits.cs b/SabreTools/SabreTools.Inits.cs
index f4024fdf..96abd15f 100644
--- a/SabreTools/SabreTools.Inits.cs
+++ b/SabreTools/SabreTools.Inits.cs
@@ -124,9 +124,6 @@ namespace SabreTools
 				Type = (superdat ? "SuperDAT" : ""),
 			};
 
-			// Clean the temp directory
-			tempDir = (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(tempDir) ? Path.GetTempPath() : tempDir);
-
 			// For each input directory, create a DAT
 			foreach (string path in inputs)
 			{