diff --git a/vip-portal/src/main/resources/vm/wrapper.vm b/vip-portal/src/main/resources/vm/wrapper.vm
index 225015715..f69d382ab 100644
--- a/vip-portal/src/main/resources/vm/wrapper.vm
+++ b/vip-portal/src/main/resources/vm/wrapper.vm
@@ -161,7 +161,16 @@ fi
 echo "import sys; sys.setdefaultencoding(\"UTF8\")" > sitecustomize.py
 #creating a temporary directory for bindmount /tmp of containers
 mkdir -p tmp
-PYTHONPATH=".:$PYTHONPATH" $BOSHEXEC exec launch $JSONFILE input_param_file.json -v $PWD/../cache:$PWD/../cache -v $PWD/tmp:/tmp
+#TMP_FOLDER is created differently for execution on GRID and execution on LOCAL
+#TMP of the container is bind mounted on TMP_FOLDER to avoid creating temporary files on container.
+TMP_FOLDER=tmp_$(basename $PWD)
+#if($isRunOnGrid == false)
+TMP_FOLDER=/tmp/$TMP_FOLDER
+#else  
+TMP_FOLDER=../$TMP_FOLDER
+#end
+
+PYTHONPATH=".:$PYTHONPATH" $BOSHEXEC exec launch $JSONFILE input_param_file.json -v $PWD/../cache:$PWD/../cache -v $TMP_FOLDER:/tmp
 
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then