diff --git a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/export.py b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/export.py
index 3a8ec045f8..9ca1a1a102 100644
--- a/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/export.py
+++ b/api/src/backend/tasks/jobs/export.py
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ from prowler.config.config import (
     html_file_suffix,
     json_ocsf_file_suffix,
     output_file_timestamp,
+    tmp_output_directory,
 )
 from prowler.lib.outputs.csv.csv import CSV
 from prowler.lib.outputs.html.html import HTML
 from prowler.lib.outputs.ocsf.ocsf import OCSF
 
 logger = get_task_logger(__name__)
-tmp_output_directory = "/tmp/prowler_api_output"
 
 
 # Predefined mapping for output formats and their configurations
diff --git a/prowler/config/config.py b/prowler/config/config.py
index ee3f380254..083e2f3bad 100644
--- a/prowler/config/config.py
+++ b/prowler/config/config.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ aws_services_json_file = "aws_regions_by_service.json"
 
 default_output_directory = getcwd() + "/output"
 output_file_timestamp = timestamp.strftime("%Y%m%d%H%M%S")
+tmp_output_directory = "/tmp/prowler_api_output"
 timestamp_iso = timestamp.isoformat(sep=" ", timespec="seconds")
 csv_file_suffix = ".csv"
 json_file_suffix = ".json"