diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 28bc986..d678a03 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ FROM python:3.8-alpine
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-COPY Pipfile* docker-entrypoint.sh ./
+COPY Pipfile* docker-entrypoint.sh .
 
-RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh && \
+# Use sed to strip carriage-return characters from the entrypoint script (in case building on Windows)
+# Install dependencies
+RUN sed -i 's/\r$//g' docker-entrypoint.sh && \
+    chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh && \
     apk add --update ffmpeg aria2 coreutils shadow su-exec && \
     apk add --update --virtual .build-deps gcc g++ musl-dev && \
     pip install --no-cache-dir pipenv && \
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ ENV UMASK=022
 
 ENV DOWNLOAD_DIR /downloads
 ENV STATE_DIR /downloads/.metube
+ENV TEMP_DIR /downloads
 VOLUME /downloads
 EXPOSE 8081
 CMD [ "./docker-entrypoint.sh" ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b70cf5..abaca29 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ![Build Status](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/actions/workflows/main.yml/badge.svg)
 ![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/alexta69/metube.svg)
 
-Web GUI for youtube-dl (using the [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) fork) with playlist support. Allows you to download videos from YouTube and dozens of other sites (https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md).
+Web GUI for youtube-dl (using the [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) fork) with playlist support. Allows you to download videos from YouTube and [dozens of other sites](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/supportedsites.md).
 
 ![screenshot1](https://github.com/alexta69/metube/raw/master/screenshot.gif)
 
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Web GUI for youtube-dl (using the [yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) for
 ```bash
 docker run -d -p 8081:8081 -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads ghcr.io/alexta69/metube
 ```
+
 ## Run using docker-compose
 
 ```yaml
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __CUSTOM_DIRS__: whether to enable downloading videos into custom directories within the __DOWNLOAD_DIR__ (or __AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR__). When enabled, a drop-down appears next to the Add button to specify the download directory. Defaults to `true`.
 * __CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS__: whether to support automatically creating directories within the __DOWNLOAD_DIR__ (or __AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR__) if they do not exist. When enabled, the download directory selector becomes supports free-text input, and the specified directory will be created recursively. Defaults to `true`.
 * __STATE_DIR__: path to where the queue persistence files will be saved. Defaults to `/downloads/.metube` in the docker image, and `.` otherwise.
+* __TEMP_DIR__: path where intermediary download files will be saved. Defaults to `/downloads` in the docker image, and `.` otherwise.
+  * Set this to an SSD or RAM filesystem (e.g., `tmpfs`) for better performance
+  * __Note__: Using a RAM filesystem may prevent downloads from being resumed
 * __DELETE_FILE_ON_TRASHCAN__: if `true`, downloaded files are deleted on the server, when they are trashed from the "Completed" section of the UI. Defaults to `false`.
 * __URL_PREFIX__: base path for the web server (for use when hosting behind a reverse proxy). Defaults to `/`.
 * __OUTPUT_TEMPLATE__: the template for the filenames of the downloaded videos, formatted according to [this spec](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/README.md#output-template). Defaults to `%(title)s.%(ext)s`.
@@ -47,11 +51,13 @@ Certain values can be set via environment variables, using the `-e` parameter on
 * __YTDL_OPTIONS__: Additional options to pass to youtube-dl, in JSON format. [See available options here](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/yt_dlp/YoutubeDL.py#L183). They roughly correspond to command-line options, though some do not have exact equivalents here, for example `--recode-video` has to be specified via `postprocessors`. Also note that dashes are replaced with underscores.
 
 The following example value for `YTDL_OPTIONS` embeds English subtitles and chapter markers (for videos that have them), and also changes the permissions on the downloaded video:
-```
+
+```json
 {"writesubtitles": true, "subtitleslangs": ["en", "-live_chat"], "postprocessors": [{"key": "Exec", "exec_cmd": "chmod 0664", "when": "after_move"}, {"key": "FFmpegEmbedSubtitle", "already_have_subtitle": false}, {"key": "FFmpegMetadata", "add_chapters": true}]}
 ```
 
 ## Using browser cookies
+
 In case you need to use your browser's cookies with MeTube, for example to download restricted or private videos:
 
 * Add the following to your docker-compose.yml:
@@ -62,9 +68,10 @@ In case you need to use your browser's cookies with MeTube, for example to downl
     environment:
       - YTDL_OPTIONS={"cookiefile":"/cookies/cookies.txt"}
 ```
+
 * Install in your browser an extension to extract cookies:
-    * [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies-txt/)
-    * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt-locally/cclelndahbckbenkjhflpdbgdldlbecc) 
+  * [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-cookies-txt/)
+  * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-cookiestxt-locally/cclelndahbckbenkjhflpdbgdldlbecc)
 * Extract the cookies you need with the extension and rename the file `cookies.txt`
 * Drop the file in the folder you configured in the docker-compose.yml above
 * Restart the container
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ javascript:!function(){xhr=new XMLHttpRequest();xhr.open("POST","https://metube.
 ```
 
 [shoonya75](https://github.com/shoonya75) has contributed a Firefox version:
+
 ```javascript
 javascript:(function(){xhr=new XMLHttpRequest();xhr.open("POST","https://metube.domain.com/add");xhr.send(JSON.stringify({"url":document.location.href,"quality":"best"}));xhr.onload=function(){if(xhr.status==200){alert("Sent to metube!")}else{alert("Send to metube failed. Check the javascript console for clues.")}}})();
 ```
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 1faa7a2..7b3817b 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Config:
     _DEFAULTS = {
         'DOWNLOAD_DIR': '.',
         'AUDIO_DOWNLOAD_DIR': '%%DOWNLOAD_DIR',
+        'TEMP_DIR': '%%DOWNLOAD_DIR',
         'DOWNLOAD_DIRS_INDEXABLE': 'false',
         'CUSTOM_DIRS': 'true',
         'CREATE_CUSTOM_DIRS': 'true',
@@ -192,4 +193,5 @@ app.on_response_prepare.append(on_prepare)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    log.info(f"Listening on {config.HOST}:{config.PORT}")
     web.run_app(app, host=config.HOST, port=config.PORT, reuse_port=True)
diff --git a/app/ytdl.py b/app/ytdl.py
index 84fa4e6..2c52f72 100644
--- a/app/ytdl.py
+++ b/app/ytdl.py
@@ -42,8 +42,9 @@ class DownloadInfo:
 class Download:
     manager = None
 
-    def __init__(self, download_dir, output_template, output_template_chapter, quality, format, ytdl_opts, info):
+    def __init__(self, download_dir, temp_dir, output_template, output_template_chapter, quality, format, ytdl_opts, info):
         self.download_dir = download_dir
+        self.temp_dir = temp_dir
         self.output_template = output_template
         self.output_template_chapter = output_template_chapter
         self.format = get_format(format, quality)
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ class Download:
                 'quiet': True,
                 'no_color': True,
                 #'skip_download': True,
-                'paths': {"home": self.download_dir},
+                'paths': {"home": self.download_dir, "temp": self.temp_dir},
                 'outtmpl': { "default": self.output_template, "chapter": self.output_template_chapter },
                 'format': self.format,
                 'socket_timeout': 30,
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class PersistentQueue:
     
     def load(self):
         for k, v in self.saved_items():
-            self.dict[k] = Download(None, None, None, None, None, {}, v)
+            self.dict[k] = Download(None, None, None, None, None, None, {}, v)
 
     def exists(self, key):
         return key in self.dict
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ class DownloadQueue:
                 for property, value in entry.items():
                     if property.startswith("playlist"):
                         output = output.replace(f"%({property})s", str(value))
-                self.queue.put(Download(dldirectory, output, output_chapter, quality, format, self.config.YTDL_OPTIONS, dl))
+                self.queue.put(Download(dldirectory, self.config.TEMP_DIR, output, output_chapter, quality, format, self.config.YTDL_OPTIONS, dl))
                 self.event.set()
                 await self.notifier.added(dl)
             return {'status': 'ok'}
diff --git a/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ccf58d7..d58692c 100644
--- a/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
 
 echo "Setting umask to ${UMASK}"
 umask ${UMASK}
-echo "Creating download directory ${DOWNLOAD_DIR} and state directory ${STATE_DIR}"
-mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}"
+echo "Creating download directory (${DOWNLOAD_DIR}), state directory (${STATE_DIR}), and temp dir (${TEMP_DIR})"
+mkdir -p "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
 
 if [ `id -u` -eq 0 ] && [ `id -g` -eq 0 ]; then
     if [ "${UID}" -eq 0 ]; then
         echo "Warning: it is not recommended to run as root user, please check your setting of the UID environment variable"
     fi
     echo "Changing ownership of download and state directories to ${UID}:${GID}"
-    chown -R "${UID}":"${GID}" /app "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}"
+    chown -R "${UID}":"${GID}" /app "${DOWNLOAD_DIR}" "${STATE_DIR}" "${TEMP_DIR}"
     echo "Running MeTube as user ${UID}:${GID}"
     su-exec "${UID}":"${GID}" python3 app/main.py
 else