diff --git a/quack.sh b/quack.sh
index fa4060ca34dd9072ac798080aa95a9617012bf9e..ea32cc16b67a0c9aba4a0de0a484bf539af196ba 100755
--- a/quack.sh
+++ b/quack.sh
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ function copyFiles () {
 # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14434549/how-to-expand-shell-variables-in-a-text-file
 # Input: template-file
 function ctemplate() {
-    TMP="`tempfile`.sh"
+    TMP="`mktemp`.sh"
     echo 'cat <<END_OF_TEXT' >  $TMP
     cat  "$1"                >> $TMP
     echo 'END_OF_TEXT'       >> $TMP