diff --git a/test/skel/bin/slay b/test/skel/bin/slay
index 7b2faf46..a0edff33 100755
--- a/test/skel/bin/slay
+++ b/test/skel/bin/slay
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ while [ "$pid" -le 1 ]; do
 	break
 done
 
-echo "$pid" > oldpid
+echo "$pid" > /tmp/oldpid
 
 #echo "PID $pid, kill -9 ..."
 kill -9 "$pid"