diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index 0d41736..76ba44c 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 ---
 #target_path: "/tmp/workflows/"
-target_path: ""
 conductor_server: "http://conductor-dev.int.d4science.net/api"
 conductor_workflowdef_endpoint: "{{ conductor_server }}/metadata/workflow"
 conductor_taskdef_endpoint: "{{ conductor_server }}/metadata/taskdefs"
diff --git a/tasks/main.yaml b/tasks/main.yaml
index ef6cd38..f0a5cd9 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 ---
+- name: Create temporary build directory
+  tempfile:
+    state: directory
+    suffix: build
+  register: target_path
+
 - name: Generate taskdefs 
   template:
     src: "templates/taskdefs.json.j2"
@@ -12,3 +18,9 @@
     body_format: json
     status_code: 204
     follow_redirects: yes
+
+- name: Cleanup target_path
+  file:
+    path: "{{ target_path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: target_path is defined