diff --git a/src/adiar/adiar.cpp b/src/adiar/adiar.cpp
index ee73a7946..4969e9593 100644
--- a/src/adiar/adiar.cpp
+++ b/src/adiar/adiar.cpp
@@ -70,14 +70,9 @@ namespace adiar
     }
 
     try {
-      // Initialise TPIE
-      tpie::tpie_init(_tpie_subsystems);
-
-#ifdef NDEBUG
-      // - add 'dev/null' output for TPIE logging in Production. Otherwise, TPIE will print
-      //   everything to 'std::cerr'.
-      tpie::add_log_target(&_devnull);
-#endif
+      // Set the temporary directory for TPIE before calling
+      // `tpie::tpie_init()`. This avoids a directory named `TPIE_<date>_<...>`
+      // at the default tmp path.
 
       // - file names
       tpie::tempname::set_default_base_name("ADIAR");
@@ -86,6 +81,15 @@ namespace adiar
       // - tmp directory
       if (temp_dir != "") { tpie::tempname::set_default_path(temp_dir); }
 
+      // Initialise TPIE
+      tpie::tpie_init(tpie::ALL);
+
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+      // - add 'dev/null' output for TPIE logging in Production. Otherwise, TPIE will print
+      //   everything to 'std::cerr'.
+      tpie::add_log_target(&_devnull);
+#endif
+
       // - memory limit and block size
       tpie::get_memory_manager().set_limit(memory_limit_bytes);
       internal::set_block_size(internal::recommended_block_size(memory_limit_bytes));