diff --git a/lib/options.js b/lib/options.js
index 02790cd0..e710c58a 100644
--- a/lib/options.js
+++ b/lib/options.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 module.exports = {
   dest: 'src',
+  outputDir: '/tmp/metal-tools-soy',
   skipMetalGeneration: false,
-  src: 'src/**/*.soy',
-  soyDeps: 'node_modules/metal*/src/**/*.soy'
+  soyDeps: 'node_modules/metal*/src/**/*.soy',
+  src: 'src/**/*.soy'
 };
diff --git a/lib/pipelines/compileSoy.js b/lib/pipelines/compileSoy.js
index 50d2a521..90400387 100644
--- a/lib/pipelines/compileSoy.js
+++ b/lib/pipelines/compileSoy.js
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ function replaceTemplateRequires() {
 }
 
 function runSoyCompiler(files, options, stream, callback) {
-	var outputDir = '/tmp/metal-tools-soy';
+	var outputDir = options.outputDir;
 	var args = buildSoyCompilerArgs(files, outputDir, options.soyDeps);
 
 	var cp = childProcess.spawn('java', args, {cwd: process.cwd()});